lentiginosa, Muraena Jenyns [L.] 1842:143 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Santa María Island [Charles Island], Galápagos Islands. Lectotype: BMNH 1917.7.14.13. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH uncat. (1) not found. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:120 [ref. 26380]. Lectotype selected by Böhlke & Smith 2002:120 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Muraena lentiginosa Jenyns 1842 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:48 [ref. 22193], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1312 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:156 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:127 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:41 [ref. 25640], Böhlke & Smith 2002:120 [ref. 26380], Nelson et al. 2004:61 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:18 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Smith 2012:31 [ref. 32155], Page et al. 2013:61 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:441 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:34 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:52 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981], Fricke et al. 2024:117 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Muraena lentiginosa Jenyns 1842. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Mexico). Habitat: marine.