cephalozona, Ophichthys Bleeker [P.] 1864:49, Pl. 156 (fig. 2) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] Singapore; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.256 (1) Ambon. •Valid as Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker 1864 -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Allen & Swainston 1988:34 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:119 [ref. 12442], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:171 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:56 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:494 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:57 [ref. 23965], Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:19 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Tang & Zhang 2004:20 [ref. 27889], Randall 2005:33 [ref. 28239], McCosker et al. 2006:271 [ref. 29006], Zhang et al. 2010:334 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:109 [ref. 31980], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], McCosker & Ho 2015:72 [ref. 34123], Ho et al. 2015:172 [ref. 34130], McCosker & Psomadakis 2018:78 [ref. 36333], Hibino et al. 2019:302 [ref. 36433], Vo et al. 2019:12 [ref. 37206], Psomadakis et al. 2020:277 [ref. 37272], McCosker et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37376], Mohanty et al. 2021:303 [ref. 38551], McCosker 2022:121 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:119 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker 1864. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Myanmar and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Vietnam and Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.