triserialis, Muraenopsis Kaup [J. J.] 1857:12 [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Pacific. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2024.5.17.1. •Valid as Ophichthys triserialis (Kaup 1857) -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:42 [ref. 23101]). •Valid as Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857) -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:65 [ref. 9277], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1338 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:166 [ref. 24023], McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:413 [ref. 23645], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:121 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:101 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:20 [ref. 37547], McCosker et al. 2012:11 [ref. 31982], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:35 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:36 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:126 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Confused with Ophichthus unicolor Regan 1908 (Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:104 [ref. 40816]). Habitat: marine.