labiata, Muraena (Anguilla) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:684 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Zambezi and Licuare River, Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 6227 (1), 6228 (3, now 2). Also in Peters 1868:94, Pl. 17 [ref. 3440] as anguilla labiata. •Synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844, but a valid subspecies -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831), but a valid subspecies labita (Peters 1852) -- (Castle 1984:34 [ref. 6171], Castle 1986:160 [ref. 5644], Skelton 1993:107 [ref. 24071], Fricke 1999:37 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:72 [ref. 24548], Skelton 2001:107 [ref. 27406], Seegers et al. 2003:30 [ref. 28087], Snoeks 2004:20 [ref. 28111], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Marshall 2011:59 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989], Kuroki et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39912]). •Valid as Anguilla labiata (Peters 1852) -- (Fricke et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30213]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla labiata (Peters 1852). Anguillidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean and Africa: South African, East African, Réunion and Mauritius (western Mascarenes) watersheds and adjacent waters of Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.