Species that contain: Gymnothorax and kidako [ 4 ] records

kidako, Muraena Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:266, Pl. 117 [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3957. Paralectotypes: RMNH D2027 (1, stuffed), 3779 (3). Possible paralectotypes: (stuffed) RMNH D2219 (1, dry), D2220 (1, dry), D2235 (1, dry), D2259 (1, dry), D2302 (1, dry). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:118-119 [ref. 26380]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:190 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:23 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:129 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1994:51 [ref. 22258], Böhlke & Randall 1995:3 [ref. 21580], Randall 1999:7 [ref. 25829], Böhlke & Randall 2000:242 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:208 [ref. 25086], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Nakabo 2002:208 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:141, 490 [ref. 26218], Böhlke & Smith 2002:118 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:43 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:120 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:317 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:251 [ref. 29005], Randall 2007:89 [ref. 30952], Prokofiev 2010:585 [ref. 31007], Motomura et al. 2010:72 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:277 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:350 [ref. 31242], Smith 2012:18 [ref. 32155], Ho et al. 2015:157 [ref. 34130], Huang et al. 2018:[2] [ref. 35898], Allen et al. 2018:46 [ref. 36275], Huang et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36534], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Sonoyama et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37637], Huang et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38612], Huang et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39471], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern China and nprthern Taiwan north to central Japan. Hybridizes with Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895. Habitat: marine.

mucifer, Gymnothorax Snyder [J. O.] 1904:519, Pl. 5 (fig. 9) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50868. Type catalog: Smith 1994:18 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:130 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:130 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:43 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:120 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:89 [ref. 30952], Smith 2012:18 [ref. 32155]). •Valid as Gymnothorax mucifer Snyder 1904 -- (Böhlke & Randall 1995:3 [ref. 21580], Huang et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36534], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Huang et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38612], Hibino & Ito 2023:56 [ref. 40369]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax mucifer Snyder 1904. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: Taiwan north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan); Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.); northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

prionodon, Gymnothorax Ogilby [J. D.] 1895:720 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 9 (pt 4) (for 1894); ref. 14552] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.3324. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:141 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:131 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:69 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:33 [ref. 23929], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:94 [ref. 25226], Böhlke & Smith 2002:141 [ref. 26380], Allen et al. 2006:255 [ref. 29005], Ho & Shao 2011: 21 [ref. 31432], Smith 2012:25 [ref. 32155], Ho et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34116], Ho et al. 2015:160 [ref. 34130], Stewart & McCosker 2015:236 [ref. 34233], Sonoyama et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Philippines, eastern Indonesia and New Guinea east to Vanuatu, north to central Japan, south to Gascoyne (Western Australia), southern New South Wales (Australia) and North Island (New Zealand). Hybridizes with Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Habitat: marine.

similis, Muraena Richardson [J.] 1848:83 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Polynesia; Red Sea; Japan. Syntypes: BMNH 1846.2.16.100 (1, stuffed) Japan [ the described syntype]. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:148 [ref. 26380]. Böhlke & Randall 2000:242 [ref. 24493] regard BMNH 1846.2.16.100 as the holotype as do Böhlke & Smith 2002:148 [ref. 26380], but the type series consists of all the specimens included by the author (whether directly or by bibliographic reference)... In this case, Forster's ms is cited, and 3 localities are given -- therefore syntypes. BMNH 1846.2.16.100 would make the best lectotype. See Smith & Böhlke 2006:35 [ref. 28678] for remarks on types. See Smith 2012:18 [ref. 32155] for remarks on types. •Synonym of Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Böhlke & Randall 2000:242 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:148 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:18 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.