Species that contain: Anarchias and allardicei [ 3 ] records

allardicei, Anarchias Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan & Seale 1906:204, Fig. 9 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51715. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8726 (2), USNM 144296 [ex USNM 51715] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:46 [ref. 12291], Smith 1994:15 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:156 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:126 [ref. 12442], Böhlke et al. 1989:117 [ref. 13286], Winterbottom et al. 1989:6 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:34 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1994:54 [ref. 22258], Myers 1999:51 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Böhlke & McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Böhlke & Smith 2002:156 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495] as Jordan & Seale, Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:112 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:244 [ref. 29005], Loh et al. 2008:137 [ref. 29930], Reece et al. 2010:421 [ref. 30969], Zhang et al. 2010:227 [ref. 31511], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Ho et al. 2015:151 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:32 [ref. 35805], Smith & Böhlke 2022:70 [ref. 39681]). Current status: Valid as Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906. Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya south to Mozambique), Madagascar and Chagos Archipelago east to Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands, north to China, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

fuscus, Anarchias Smith [J. L. B.] 1962:428, Pl. 53 (fig. G) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 23; ref. 6435] Delgado, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 311. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 5146-48 (3, 1, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:159 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Anarchias fuscus Smith 1962 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:126 [ref. 12442], Zhang et al. 2010:227 [ref. 31511]). •Synonym of Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906 -- (Böhlke et al. 1989:117 [ref. 13286], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:98 [ref. 25226], Böhlke & Smith 2002:158 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906. Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

maldiviensis, Anarchias Klausewitz [W.] 1964:665, Fig. 1 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 45 (no. 6); ref. 2347] Rasdu Atoll, east of Weligandu Island, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Holotype: SMF 7448. Paratypes: SMF 7449-55 (7). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:161 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Anarchias maldiviensis Klausewitz 1964 -- (Böhlke et al. 1989:117 [ref. 13286]). •Status uncertain, possibly a synonym of Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906 -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:161 [ref. 26380], Reece et al. 2010:421 [ref. 30969]). •Synonym of Anarchus allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906 -- (Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks 1906. Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Habitat: marine.