taeniola, Gavialiceps Alcock [A. W.] (ex Wood-Mason) 1889:460 [36] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 4 (no. 24); ref. 20525] Arakan coast, Myanmar, 19°35'N, 92°24'E, depth 272 fathoms; Andaman Sea southeast by south of Ross Island. Syntypes: BMNH 1892.6.17.8 (1) Bay of Bengal, 1892.6.17.9 [ex ZSI F11311] (1) Bay of Bengal; ZSI 11312-3 (2, poor condition), 12467 (1, not found). Type catalog: Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:36 [ref. 22148], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama Rao 1971:343 [ref. 31198], Talwar 1977:636 [ref. 26599]. On p. 36 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1900: Pl. 34 (fig. 2) [ref. 20536] and in Alcock 1905: Pl. 36 (fig. 1) [ref. 20537] as Saurenchelys taeniola. •Valid as Gavialiceps taeniola Alcock 1889 -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:99, 321 [ref. 8057], Smith 1989:559 [ref. 13285], Karmovskaya 1993 [ref. 22018], Nakabo 2000:235 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:293 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:235 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:400 [ref. 28370], Shao et al. 2008:239 [ref. 29952], Zhang et al. 2010:300 [ref. 31511], Psomadakis et al. 2015:150 [ref. 34104], Lin & Ho 2018:225 [ref. 36047], Psomadakis et al. 2020:284 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Gavialiceps taeniola Alcock 1889. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.