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Species in the genus Cynoponticus: [ 9 ] records

brasiliensis, Conger Ranzani [C.] 1839:79 [15], Pl. 13 (figs. 1a-b) [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 4 [1840]; ref. 18606] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MZUB 987. Appeared first without description as Ranzani in Alessandrini 1838:433 [ref. 25852]. Dates to publication in a separate, on p. 15 and Pl. 6 in 1839; journal version in 1840. •Synonym of Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831) -- (Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831). Muraenesocidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

coniceps, Muraenesox Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:348 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 29212. Paralectotypes: USNM 28136 (1, lost), 28141 (1, lost), 329626 [ex 29212, not 28212 as published] (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:14 [ref. 21917]. Described from 1 specimen, but two more catalog numbers given in main heading; regarded by Smith as syntypes; lectotype selected by Smith 1994:14 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Muraenesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:25 [ref. 39147]). •Valid as Cynoponticus coniceps (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285], Allen & Robertson 1994:57 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:40 [ref. 23101], Smith in Fischer et al. 1995:1301 [ref. 22830], Franke & Acero P. 1996:764 [ref. 22923], Ruiz-Campos et al. 1998:146 [ref. 24070], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:131 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:21 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32708], González-Murcia et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:37 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:106 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Cynoponticus coniceps (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Muraenesocidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

curvidens, Congrus Richardson [J.] 1848:111 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Locality unknown; BMNH register says "West Indies: Caribbean Sea" which seems unlikely. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1843.2.1.14 (dry). •Questionably a synonym of Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831) -- (Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Uncertain as Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831). Muraenesocidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ferox, Cynoponticus Costa [O. G.] 1846:Cynoponticus p. 10, Pl. 28 (figs. 1-6) [Fauna del regno di Napoli Part 1; ref. 976] Ischia Island, Gulf of Naples, Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846 -- (Blache et al. 1973:235 [ref. 7185], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:560 [ref. 13676], Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:161 [ref. 13454], Smith 2016:1673 [ref. 34556], Carneiro et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:74 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:118 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846. Muraenesocidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar south to Angola, including ?Madeira and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

limbatus, Conger Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:83, Pl. 43 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8458. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:117 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831) -- (Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285], Bauchot et al. 1993:117 [ref. 20810]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831). Muraenesocidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

myrus, Muraena Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:20 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.171 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:215 [ref. 13434]. •Synonym of Muraenesox ferox (Costa 1850) -- (Wheeler 1958:215 [ref. 13434]). •Synonym of Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846. Current status: Synonym of Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846. Muraenesocidae. Habitat: marine.

regani, Phyllogramma Pellegrin [J.] 1934:47, Fig. 2 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 59 (no. 1); ref. 3414] Port Etienne, Mauritania. Holotype: MNHN 1922-0006. Paratypes: BMNH 1914.11.2.26-27 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:117-118 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846 -- (Blache et al. 1973:235 [ref. 7185], Smith 1990:161 [ref. 13454], Smith 2016:1673 [ref. 34556]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846. Muraenesocidae. Habitat: marine.

savanna, Conger Bancroft [E. N.] 1831:135 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 15966] Jamaica. Holotype: BMNH 1855.12.8.1. Appeared as Conger savanna? with reference to undescribed Muraena savanna Cuvier. Sometimes authorship given as Cuvier 1819; see Muraena savanna. Holotype from James Maclaine 17 Aug. 2015. •Valid as Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831) -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:115 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:59 [ref. 23100], Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1991:71 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:365 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:582 [ref. 16204], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:738 [ref. 26989], Pinheiro et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34324], Spier et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36103], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:117 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:56 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft 1831). Muraenesocidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean sea south to São Paulo (Brazil). Habitat: brackish, marine.

savanna, Muraena Cuvier [G.] 1829:350 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Not available, in footnote as, "La savanne de la Martinique (M. savanna, N.)" but no tie to a literature citation; dates to Conger savanna Bancroft 1831 -- (Smith 1989:437 [ref. 13285]). Nomen Nudum. Muraenesocidae.