brummeri, Muraena Bleeker [P.] 1858:137 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 17 (no. 1); ref. 16980] Atapupu, Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.259. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:413 [ref. 21161], Böhlke & Smith 2002:98 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Strophidon brummeri (Bleeker 1858) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1994:54 [ref. 22258], Zhang et al. 2010:238 [ref. 31511]). •Valid as Pseudechidna brummeri (Bleeker 1858) -- (Böhlke 1995:462 [ref. 21738], Allen 1997:54 [ref. 23977], Böhlke 1997:103 [ref. 23177], Myers 1999:50 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Nakabo 2000:199 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:199 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:98 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:49 [ref. 28239], Loh et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31690], Allen & Erdmann 2012:95 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:32 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:20 [ref. 33932], Ho et al. 2015:162 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:39 [ref. 35805], Eudeline 2022:146 [ref. 39191], Freeman & Pogonosky 2022:47 [ref. 39764], Smith & Böhlke 2022:67 [ref. 39681], Parrinha & Silva 2023:2 [ref. 40733], Allen & Erdmann 2024:105 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudechidna brummeri (Bleeker 1858). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte (France) and Madagascar east to Cook Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Erroneously recorded from Portugal, based on misidentification of a flatworm. Habitat: marine.