lepopareia, Halimuraena Winterbottom [R.] 1980:400, Fig. 2 [Copeia 1980 (no. 3); ref. 8643] Southwestern end of Pamanzi Island, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean, 12°48'24"S, 45°17'42"E. Holotype: USNM 218850. Paratypes: BMNH 1978.10.20.1-2 (2), CAS 41792 (2), ROM 34749 (1), USNM 218851 (13, 2 c&s). •Valid as Halimuraena lepopareia Winterbottom 1980 -- (Winterbottom 1986:21 [ref. 5727], Fricke et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35805], Winterbottom & Santini 2022:120 [ref. 39749]). Current status: Valid as Halimuraena lepopareia Winterbottom 1980. Pseudochromidae: Congrogadinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique, Comoros, Mayotte (France) and Madagascar to Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: marine.