Species that contain: Gymnothorax and tile [ 8 ] records

borneensis, Gymnothorax Bleeker [P.] 1863:169 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 17004] Borneo. Holotype (unique): RMNH 3797. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:98 [ref. 26380]. Original as borneënsis. •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

gracilis, Muraena Richardson [J.] 1848:92 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] India. Lectotype: not distinguishable. Lectotype and paralectotype: BMNH 2008.4.9.5-6 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:113-114 [ref. 26380]. Lectotype selected by Böhlke & Smith 2002:113 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:113 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

literata, Lycodontis McClelland [J.] 1844:186 (203, 215), Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Calcutta market, Bengal, India. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:122 [ref. 26380]. As Strophidon literata on pp. 203 and 215. •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:122 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

maculata, Strophidon McClelland [J.] 1844:203, 215, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Ganges River estuaries near Calcutta, India. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:123 [ref. 26380]. Unneeded new name for Muraenophis tile Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:123 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

microdon, Thyrsoidea Kaup [J. J.] 1856:62 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Puducherry, India. Holotype: MNHN B-2469. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:102-103 [ref. 20810], Böhlke & Smith 2002:126-127 [ref. 26380]. Also in Kaup 1856:89, Pl. 13 (fig. 64) [ref. 2573]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:126 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, 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.

tile, Muraenophis Hamilton [F.] 1822:18, 363 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Calcutta, Ganges River system, India. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:151 [ref. 26380]. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:38 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 11 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Lycodontis tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:42 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:79 [ref. 20764], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:184 [ref. 25703], Khan 2003:6 [ref. 27710]). •Valid as Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:10 [ref. 23448], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Böhlke & Smith 2002:151 [ref. 26380], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:57 [ref. 31338], Mundy 2005:124 [ref. 28379], Tan & Kottelat 2009:25 [ref. 30261], Allen & Erdmann 2012:94 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:20 [ref. 33932], Hibino in Kimura et al. 2015:10 [ref. 34319], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418], Bleher 2018:72 [ref. 36647], Sumod et al. 2019:364 [ref. 36895], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Nashad et al. 2020:370 [ref. 37900], Hasan et al. 2023:2212 [ref. 40412], Allen & Erdmann 2024:104 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh and Andaman Islands (India) east to Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

vermiculata, Muraena Richardson [J.] 1848:92 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2008.4.21.2. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:154 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:154 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:28 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:42 [ref. 32989], Mohapatra et al. 2017:589 [ref. 35418]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.