cooperae, Phaenomonas Palmer [G.] 1970:219, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 19 (no. 6); ref. 7771] Lagoon reef at Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1969.8.26.90. •Valid as Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer 1970 -- (McCosker 1977:73 [ref. 6836], McCosker & Castle 1986:184 [ref. 5690], McCosker et al. 1989:352 [ref. 13288], Goren & Dor 1994:9 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:57 [ref. 23965], Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], Randall & Earle 2000:8 [ref. 25806], McCosker 2002:25 [ref. 25848], Mundy 2005:135 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:69 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2015:63 [ref. 33895], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Golani & Fricke 2018:28 [ref. 36273], McCosker 2022:126 [ref. 39686]). Current status: Valid as Phaenomonas cooperae Palmer 1970. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra (Seychelles) and Seychelles east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.