Species that contain: Gymnothorax and talofa [ 1 ] records

talofa, Gymnothorax Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan & Seale 1906:201, Fig. 7 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51713. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8727 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:47 [ref. 12291], Smith 1994:20 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:149 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker 1864 -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:149 [ref. 26380], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:317 [ref. 28867] dated Bleeker 1865, Smith 2012:19 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker 1864. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.