vittatus, Ichthyophis Richardson [J.] 1845:no p., Pl. 53 (figs. 7-9) [Ichthyology.--Part 2. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 20574] Locality uncertain, brought from China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.10.16.280 (dry). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:165 [ref. 26380], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195]. Available from plate. Text published later in Richardson 1845:114 [ref. 20275]. •Valid as Channomuraena vittata (Richardson 1845) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:52 [ref. 23100], Böhlke et al. 1989:122 [ref. 13286], Smith 1989:904 [ref. 13285], Smith & Böhlke 1990:137 [ref. 19379], Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P. 1990:138 [ref. 19560], Cervigón 1991:46 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:366 [ref. 23827], Saldanha & Quéro 1994:311 [ref. 21529], Andreata & Séret 1996:581 [ref. 16204] dated 1844, Myers 1999:51 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:132 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:68 [ref. 25466], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Böhlke & Smith 2002:165 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Feitoza et al. 2003:68 [ref. 26943], Böhlke & Smith 2003:705 [ref. 26990], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495] dated 1844, Nelson et al. 2004:60 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:114 [ref. 28379], Vaske et al. 2005:78 [ref. 36155], Wirtz et al. 2007:24 [ref. 30263], Loh et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29930], Allen & Erdmann 2012:72 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:35 [ref. 32155], Page et al. 2013:60 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:117 [ref. 32972], Wirtz et al. 2014:2 [ref. 33516], Ho et al. 2015:152 [ref. 34130], Pinheiro et al. 2015:5 [ref. 34324], Smith & Brito 2016:1622 [ref. 34557], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195], Fricke et al. 2018:33 [ref. 35805], Reiner 2019:58 [ref. 38139], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:96 [ref. 38945], Fermon et al. 2022:114 [ref. 39448] with question, Smith & Böhlke 2022:71 [ref. 39681], Carvalho-Filho 2023:50 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:84 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:113 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Channomuraena vittata (Richardson 1845). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas, but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.
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