Species that contain: Gymnothorax and meleagris [ 4 ] records

chlorostigma, Thyrsoidea Kaup [J. J.] 1856:63 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Seychelles. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4427. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:102 [ref. 20810], Böhlke & Smith 2002:102 [ref. 26380]. Also in Kaup 1856:89 [ref. 2573]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw 1795) -- (Böhlke & Randall 2000:244 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:102 [ref. 26380], Mundy 2005:121 [ref. 28379], Smith 2012:19 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Gymnothorax chlorostigma (Kaup 1856) -- (Nakabo 2000:203 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:203 [ref. 26001], Motomura et al. 2010:71 [ref. 31256], Koeda et al. 2016:7 [ref. 35333]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax chlorostigma (Kaup 1856). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.

griffini, Gymnothorax Whitley [G. P.] & Phillipps [W. J.] 1939:229 [Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 69 (no. 2); ref. 4737] White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): AIM AK99608 [ex AIM PS 29.1]. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:114 [ref. 26380] but type not seen. New name for Gymnothorax meleagris of Griffin 1927:138, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [ref. 15788]. •Valid as Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillipps 1939 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:69 [ref. 24556], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479]). •Synonym of Gymnothorax obesus (Whitley 1932) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:207 [ref. 22532], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:91 [ref. 25226], Böhlke & Smith 2002:114 [ref. 26380], Böhlke & Smith 2002:114 [ref. 26380] with some question). •Synonym of Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot 1848) -- (McCosker & Stewart 2006:93 [ref. 28702], Smith 2012:24 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot 1848). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.

leucostictus, Gymnothorax Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:425-426, Fig. 5 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50681. Paratypes: CAS-SU 23289 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:47 [ref. 12291], Smith 1994:18 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:121 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw 1795) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:121 [ref. 26380], Mundy 2005:121 [ref. 28379], Smith 2012:19 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw 1795). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.

meleagris, Muraena Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1795:no page number, Pl. 220 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] "Southern Ocean." Holotype (unique): BMNH 1977.4.22.2. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:126 [ref. 26380]. Sometimes seen with authorship as Shaw & Nodder. See Smith 2012:20 [ref. 32155] for remarks on status. •Valid as Lycodontis meleagris (Shaw 1795) -- (Dor 1984:28 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw 1795) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:23 [ref. 6441], Castle & McCosker 1986:171 [ref. 5645], Paxton et al. 1989:130 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:39 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479], Chen et al. 1994:51 [ref. 22258], Goren & Dor 1994:7 [ref. 25356], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:67 [ref. 22017], McCosker & Humann 1996:18 [ref. 41107], Allen 1997:54 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:154 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:28 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:39 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:48 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:50 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Johnson 1999:721 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:7 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Böhlke & Randall 2000:244 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:203 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:111 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:7 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Nakabo 2002:203 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:126 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:44 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:121 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:252 [ref. 29005], Randall 2007:90 [ref. 30952], Smith et al. 2008:66 [ref. 29432], Imamura 2009:19 [ref. 30434], Fricke et al. 2009:16 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:72 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:263 [ref. 31511], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:58 [ref. 35264] with author as Shaw & Nodder, Caratini & Soriano 2011:58 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:350 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:88 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:19 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Ho et al. 2015:158 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:37 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:23 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:114 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:62 [ref. 36871], Sumod et al. 2019:364 [ref. 36895], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Nashad et al. 2020:370 [ref. 37900], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Eudeline 2022:141 [ref. 39191], Smith & Böhlke 2022:57 [ref. 39681], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:97 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw 1795). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Pitcairn Group, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) and Cocos Island (Costa Rica), north to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands and Minami Tori Shima, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.