vafer, Myrophis Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1883:645 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 334) (for 26 June 1883); ref. 10616] (Pacific) Panama. Syntypes: USNM 29681. Additional material: USNM (many). •Mention -- (McCosker 1977:60 [ref. 6836]). •Valid as Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert 1883 -- (Villa 1982:84 [ref. 36708], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:65 [ref. 9277], Allen & Robertson 1994:54 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:44 [ref. 23101], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1337 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:124 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:100 [ref. 24550], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:120 [ref. 25206], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:20 [ref. 37547], Angulo et al. 2013:990 [ref. 33194], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Kells et al. 2016:347 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:36 [ref. 39279], Angulo et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert 1883. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.