Species that contain: Gymnothorax and phasmatodes [ 1 ] records

phasmatodes, Lycodontis Smith [J. L. B.] 1962:436, Pl. 53 (figs B, C & I) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 23; ref. 6435] Inhaca Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 108. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (4) not researched. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:137 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith 1962) -- (Castle & McCosker 1986:172 [ref. 5645], Randall et al. 1994:225 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:57 [ref. 22896], Böhlke 1997:97 [ref. 23177], Carpenter et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23922], Hatooka et al. 1998:2 [ref. 24387], Fricke 1999:51 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Nakabo 2000:211 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:211 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:137 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Loh et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31690], Allen & Erdmann 2012:90 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:23 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:19 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:146 [ref. 34104], Loh et al. 2015:39 [ref. 34118], Ho et al. 2015:159 [ref. 34130], Mohapatra et al. 2016:595 [ref. 34667], Mohapatra et al. 2017:285 [ref. 35504], Fricke et al. 2018:38 [ref. 35805], Smith et al. 2018:42 [ref. 36035], Arndt & Fricke 2019:24 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:18 [ref. 37020], Smith et al. 2019:46 [ref. 37159], Eudeline 2022:142 [ref. 39191], Smith & Böhlke 2022:59 [ref. 39681], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:100 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith 1962). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.