talabon, Conger Cuvier [G.] 1829:350 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vizagapatnam, India. No types known. Spelled talabou, but correct spelling is talabon, code art. 33.3.1. •Valid as Muraenesox talabon (Cuvier 1829) -- (Zhang et al. 2010:297 [ref. 31511]). •Valid as Congresox talabon (Cuvier 1829) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:49 [ref. 24860] as telabon, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:89 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:9 [ref. 23448], Smith 1999:1676 [ref. 24661], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:6 [ref. 27710] with author as Hamilton-Buchanan, Ataur Rahman 2003:63 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989], Ho et al. 2015:150 [ref. 34130] with question, Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:279 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Congresox talabon (Cuvier 1829). Muraenesocidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.