breedeni, Gymnothorax McCosker [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.] 1977:162, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 41 (no. 3); ref. 7267] Itsandra, Grande Comore Island, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean. Holotype: CAS 35250. Paratypes: ANSP 134222 (1), BPBM 11903 (1), USNM 215283 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:130 [ref. 13621], Smith 1994:17 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:98 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax breedeni McCosker & Randall 1977 -- (Castle & McCosker 1986:168 [ref. 5645], Myers 1999:46 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Randall & Earle 2000:6 [ref. 25806], Böhlke & Smith 2002:98 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:39 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:118 [ref. 28745], Allen & Erdmann 2012:81 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:12 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Koeda & Akita 2017:32 [ref. 35353], Eudeline 2022:136 [ref. 39191], Smith & Böhlke 2022:48 [ref. 39681], Allen & Erdmann 2024:90 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax breedeni McCosker & Randall 1977. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique), Seychelles, Comoros and Mayotte (France) east to Caroline Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.