pindae, Gymnothorax Smith [J. L. B.] 1962:430, Pl. 55 (fig. D) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 23; ref. 6435] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 105. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:138 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax pindae Smith 1962 -- (Hatooka 1988:87 [ref. 22494], Paxton et al. 1989:130 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:9 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:34 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1994:52 [ref. 22258], Randall & Golani 1995:865 [ref. 21744], Myers 1999:50 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Randall 1999:7 [ref. 25829], Böhlke & Randall 2000:249 [ref. 24493], Böhlke 2000:406 [ref. 24954], Nakabo 2000:206 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Nakabo 2002:206 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:138 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3316 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:46 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:122 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:254 [ref. 29005], Randall 2007:91 [ref. 30952], Zhang et al. 2010:260 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:350 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:91 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:24 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:19 [ref. 33932], Ray et al. 2015:143 [ref. 33981], Ho et al. 2015:159 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:38 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:22 [ref. 36273], Mohapatra et al. 2018:128 [ref. 35948], Smith et al. 2019:49 [ref. 37159], Smith & Böhlke 2022:60 [ref. 39681], Hashimoto & Motomura 2023:26 [ref. 40840], Allen & Erdmann 2024:101 [ref. 40796], Smith et al. 2024:473 [ref. 41318]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax pindae Smith 1962. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (Japan) and Marshall Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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