carychroa, Enchelycore Böhlke [J. E.] & Böhlke [E. B.] 1976:138, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127; ref. 7364] West of Delaporte Point, Great Bahama Bank, New Providence Island, Bahamas, depth 12 feet. Holotype: ANSP 100000. Paratypes: (589) ANSP (321, 2 c&s), CAS, FMNH 83913 (2), GCRL, LACM (2 lots, 2), MCZ (6 lots, 32), MBUCV (4 lots, 12), MNHN 1975-0891 (8), MZUSP, UF (15 lots), UF [ex UMML] (40 lots), USNM 214784-85 (2, 9), ZMB 24095 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:130 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:34 [ref. 12367], Bauchot et al. 1993:98 [ref. 20810], Smith 1994:16 [ref. 21917], Provenzano et al. 1998:8 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Enchelycore carychroa Böhlke & Böhlke 1976 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:54 [ref. 23100], Böhlke et al. 1989:140 [ref. 13286], Smith & Böhlke 1990:139 [ref. 19379], Cervigón 1991:35 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:367 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:232 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:133 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:148 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:98 [ref. 26784], Böhlke & Smith 2003:704 [ref. 26990], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:8 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:60 [ref. 27807], Smith 2012:8 [ref. 32155], Page et al. 2013:60 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:23 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:5 [ref. 34324], Smith & Brito 2016:1638 [ref. 34557], Mohapatra et al. 2017:598 [ref. 35581], Brown et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36444], Robertson et al. 2020:159 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38844], Fermon et al. 2022:114 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:113 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Enchelycore carychroa Böhlke & Böhlke 1976. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermusa and Bahamas south to eastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island and Saint Helena Island; eastern Atlantic: Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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