berndti, Gymnothorax Snyder [J. O.] 1904:518, Pl. 4 (fig. 8) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Hololulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50867. Paratypes: CAS-SU 12791 (1). Possible paratypes: USNM 52618 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:47 [ref. 12291], Smith 1994:17 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:96 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax berndti Snyder 1904 -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:24 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:105, 325 [ref. 8057], Chen et al. 1994:49 [ref. 22258], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Böhlke & Randall 2000:228 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:204 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:204 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:96 [ref. 26380], Myers & Donaldson 2003:610 [ref. 27495], Shinohara et al. 2005:399 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:117 [ref. 28379], McCosker & Stewart 2006:91 [ref. 28702], Randall 2007:84 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Smith 2012:12 [ref. 32155], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:108 [ref. 36167], Ho et al. 2015:154 [ref. 34130], Stewart & McCosker 2015:229 [ref. 34233], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Smith & Böhlke 2022:48 [ref. 39681]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax berndti Snyder 1904. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and northern Kermadec Ridge. Habitat: marine.