Species that contain: Muraenichthys and schultzei [ 1 ] records

schultzei, Muraenichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:366 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 16868] Karangbollong [Karang-Bollong Bay, on northeastern tip of Nusa Kambangan Island, 4.5 kilometers southeast to Cilacap, Jawa Tengah Province, Java, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean, ca. 7°45'34''S, 109°02'32''E]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.331. •Valid as Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857 -- (McCosker 1970:508 [ref. 2931], McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836], Dor 1984:37 [ref. 29757], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:61 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:108 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:54 [ref. 23965], Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075], Fricke 1999:64 [ref. 24106], Smith & McCosker 1999:1667 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:217 [ref. 25086], McCosker 2002:24 [ref. 25848], Nakabo 2002:217 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:133 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:106 [ref. 31980], Hibino et al. 2013:[4] [ref. 32505], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Hibino et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34119], Hibino & Kimura 2015:69 [ref. 34120], Ho et al. 2015:169 [ref. 34130], Hibino & Kimura 2016:135 [ref. 35048], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:24 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37020], McCosker 2022:115 [ref. 39686], Mohapatra et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40535], Allen & Erdmann 2024:116 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:81 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.