cheni, Myrophis Chen [J. T. F.] & Weng [H. T. C.] 1967:39, Fig. 29 [Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 6 No. 6 (art. 32); ref. 7952] Tungkang, Taiwan. Lectotype: NMMBP 3019 [ex THUP 3234]. Paralectotype: NMMBP 1534 [ex THUP 3328] (1). Type catalog: Ho et al. 2010:25 [ref. 31218], Ho & Shao 2011:23 [ref. 31432]. Lectotype selected by Ho et al. 2010. •Mention -- (McCosker 1977:60 [ref. 6836]). •Valid as Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng 1967 -- (McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Tang & Zhang 2004:20 [ref. 27889], Ho et al. 2010:24 [ref. 31218], Zhang et al. 2010:326 [ref. 31511], Ho & Shao 2011:23 [ref. 31432]). •Valid as Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng 1967) -- (Hibino et al.2012:345 [ref. 32271], Ho et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33156], Toshiro et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33874], Hibino et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34119], Ho et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34116], Ho et al. 2015:169 [ref. 34130], Hibino et al. 2015:60 [ref. 34166], Psomadakis et al. 2020:276 [ref. 37272], Mohapatra et al. 2021:420 [ref. 38368], McCosker 2022:118 [ref. 39686]). Current status: Valid as Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng 1967). Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman; Odisha (India), Myanmar; Taiwan. Habitat: marine.