Species that contain: Gymnothorax and thalassopterus [ 1 ] records

thalassopterus, Gymnothorax Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:427, Pl. 2 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50619. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7449 (1), 12770-71 (1, 1) 12773 (1); USNM 50683 (1), 51102 (1), 52615 (1), 52630 (1), 126529 [ex USBF 1064] (1), 312444 [ex Univ. Iowa 19133] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:47 [ref. 12291], Smith 1994:20 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:150 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Böhlke & Randall 2000:235 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:150 [ref. 26380], Mundy 2005:118 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:87 [ref. 30952], Smith 2012:15 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1830). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.