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Species in the genus Lamnostoma: [ 8 ] records

kampeni, Brachysomophis (Achirophichthys) Weber [M.] & de Beaufort [L. F.] 1916:316, Figs. 150-151 [Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago v. 3; ref. 4604] Humboldt Bay near mouth of Mbai River, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): ZMA 101351. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:8 [ref. 19236]. •Possible synonym of Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson 1908) -- (Chiu et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36033]). •Valid as Achirophichthys kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort 1916) -- (Allen 1991:42 [ref. 21090]). •Valid as Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort 1916) -- (McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836], Séret & Dingerkus 1992:169 [ref. 22389], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], McCosker & Randall 2001:4 [ref. 25635], McCosker et al. 2007:144 [ref. 28973], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33932], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Keith et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38257], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort 1916). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, northern New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mindora, Caecula Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:239, Fig. 4 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Mindoro Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 20209. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:49 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson 1908) -- (McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836], Séret & Dingerkus 1992:169 [ref. 22389], Kottelat et al. 1993:12 [ref. 23448], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Zhang et al. 2010:369 [ref. 31511], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288] as ? from Philippines, Ho et al. 2015:168 [ref. 34130], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492], Chiu et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36033], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson 1908). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Philippines, Java (Indonesia), eastern and southwestern Taiwan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

orientalis, Dalophis McClelland [J.] 1844:213 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Coromandel coast, India. No types known. •Valid as Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland 1844) -- (McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836], McCosker & Castle 1986:179 [ref. 5690], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:85 [ref. 20764], Séret & Dingerkus 1992:169 [ref. 22389], Kottelat et al. 1993:12 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:62 [ref. 22896] as Lamnastoma, Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Carpenter et al. 1997:108 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:57 [ref. 23965], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Randall & Earle 2000:8 [ref. 25806], Keith et al. 2002:90 [ref. 31473], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:60 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:105 [ref. 31980], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Chiu et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36033], Eagderi et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Allen & Erdmann 2024:115 [ref. 40796]). •Valid as Lamnostoma orientale (McClelland 1844) -- (Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:43 [ref. 35805], McCosker 2022:113 [ref. 39686], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lamnostoma orientale (McClelland 1844). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Comoros and Madagascar east to Philippines, New Guinea, Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pictum, Lamnostoma Kaup [J. J.] 1856:50 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Vizapathum and Deccan, India. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lamnostoma orientale (McClelland 1844) -- (McCosker & Castle 1986:179 [ref. 5690], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lamnostoma orientale (McClelland 1844). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

polyophthalmus, Dalophis Bleeker [P.] 1853:299 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Priaman, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.310 (1) Ambon. Also appeared in Bleeker 1853:69 [ref. 339]. The name polyophthalmus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Lamnostoma polyophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Keith et al. 2002:92 [ref. 31473], Fricke et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Dalophis polyophthalmus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:85 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Lamnostoma polyophthalmum (Bleeker 1853) -- (Nakabo 2000:218 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:218 [ref. 26001], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989], Chiu et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36033], Ho et al. 2018:13 [ref. 36050], McCosker 2022:113 [ref. 39686]). •Valid as Lamnostoma polyophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Current status: Valid as Lamnostoma polyophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Indonesia and Philippines, north to southern Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

punctulatus, Anguisurus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:50 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (5) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lamnostoma polyophthalmum (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lamnostoma polyophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

taiwanense, Lamnostoma Chiu [Y.-C.], Huang [S.-P.] & Shao [K.-T.] in Chiu, Shao, Huang & Chen 2018:25, Figs. 5, 6, 7C, 8, 9 [Zootaxa 4454 (no. 1); ref. 36033] Mouth of the Lan-yang River, Juan-wei, Yi-lan county, northeastern Taiwan. Holotype: TOU-AE 7152. Paratype: ASIZP. •Valid as Lamnostoma taiwanense Chiu, Huang & Shao 2018 -- (Ho et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36050]). Current status: Valid as Lamnostoma taiwanense Chiu, Huang & Shao 2018. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Lan-yang River, northeastern Taiwan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

taylori, Caecula Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1923:183, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 23 (no. 2); ref. 2117] Cabatoan River, near Iba, Zambales, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP (presumed destroyed). •Synonym of Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson 1908) -- (Chiu et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36033]). •Valid as Lamnostoma taylori (Herre 1923) -- (McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836], Séret & Dingerkus 1992:169 [ref. 22389], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lamnostoma taylori (Herre 1923). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.