Species that contain: Anarchias and galapagensis [ 1 ] records

galapagensis, Uropterygius Seale [A.] 1940:6, Pl. 1 [Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 12332] Post Office Bay, Santa María Island [Charles Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS 5744. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:159 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Anarchias galapagensis (Seale 1940) -- (Böhlke et al. 1989:117 [ref. 13286], Allen & Robertson 1994:43 [ref. 22193], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1307 [ref. 22830], Allen & Robertson 1997:818 [ref. 41086], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:159 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:47 [ref. 25640], Böhlke & Smith 2002:159 [ref. 26380], Nelson et al. 2004:60 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:17 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Reece et al. 2010:421 [ref. 30969], Smith 2012:34 [ref. 32155], Page et al. 2013:60 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:441 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:32 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Anarchias galapagensis (Seale 1940). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur and southern Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.