Species that contain: Gymnothorax and punctata [ 2 ] records

punctata, Muraena Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:18 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Rivers of tropical North America [not in rivers]. No types known. Objectively invalid, preoccupied by Muraena punctata Rafinesque 1810. •Synonym of Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier 1829) -- (Smith & Böhlke 1990:142 [ref. 19379], Smith 2012:21 [ref. 32155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier 1829). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.

punctata, Strophidon McClelland [J.] 1844:187 (203, 215), Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Bengal, vicinity of Calcutta, India. Syntypes: SMF 3497 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:142 [ref. 26380]. As Strophidon punctata on pp. 203 and 215, as Lycodontis on p. 187. Original spelling should have been punctatus -- see Böhlke & Smith 2002:142 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Muraenophis tile Hamilton 1822 -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:142 [ref. 26380]). •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.