marmorata, Dalophis Bleeker [P.] 1854:247 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 16901] Sibogha, western Sumatra [Sibolga, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.260. Appeared as above with name and fin formula. Also appeared in Bleeker 1853:37 [ref. 339]. •Valid as Callechelys marmoratus (Bleeker 1854) -- (Klausewitz 1969:39 [ref. 39500], Allen & Swainston 1988:34 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:116 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:56 [ref. 23977], Kishimoto 1997:18 [ref. 24967], Nakabo 2000:225 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:225 [ref. 26001]). •Valid as Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1854) -- (Dor 1984:35 [ref. 29757], McCosker & Castle 1986:178 [ref. 5690], Randall et al. 1990:44 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:44 [ref. 25919], McCosker 1998:202 [ref. 23298], Myers 1999:56 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:62 [ref. 24106], Chen et al. 1999:114 [ref. 38834], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:31 [ref. 28239], McCosker et al. 2006:267 [ref. 29006], Randall 2007:65 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], McCosker et al. 2011:275 [ref. 31452], Allen & Erdmann 2012:104 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2015:64 [ref. 33895], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Ho et al. 2015:167 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:43 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Eudeline 2022:152 [ref. 39191], McCosker 2022:109 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:114 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1854). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Aldabra (Seychelles), Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Taiwan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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