dorsalis, Gymnothorax Seale [A.] 1917:92 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 61 (no. 4); ref. 4001] Hong Kong. Holotype: MCZ 31060. Paratypes: USNM 153610 [ex MCZ 31061] (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:17 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:106 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax doralis Seale 1917 -- (Böhlke 1997:96 [ref. 23177], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Böhlke & Smith 2002:106 [ref. 26380], Loh et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31690], Smith 2012:14 [ref. 32155], Yoshida et al. 2013:19 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:145 [ref. 34104], Mohapatra et al. 2016:591 [ref. 34667], Kumar et al. 2020:[2] [ref. 37539]). •Valid as Strophidon dorsalis (Seale 1917) -- (Ho et al. 2015:162 [ref. 34130], Mohapatra et al. 2017:285 [ref. 35504], Kang et al. 2020:192 [ref. 38054], Mohapatra et al. 2021:420 [ref. 38368], Cabebe-Barnuevo et al. 2023:220 [ref. 40621]). Current status: Valid as Strophidon dorsalis (Seale 1917). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan east to Philippines, north to southern Korea. Habitat: marine.