Species that contain: Myrichthys and colubrinus [ 13 ] records

alternans, Ophisurus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:243, Pl. 45 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: MNHN A-8676. Paratypes: MNHN B-2739 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:110 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (Bauchot et al. 1993:110 [ref. 20810], McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

annulata, Muraena Ahl [J. N.] 1789:8, Pl. 1 (left fig) [Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho; ref. 80] In Indiæ Orientalis [Indonesia]. No types known. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Myrichthys Gosline [W. A.] 1951:314 [Pacific Science v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 1858] Seas of Indian Archipelago; said also to inhabit Indian and Polynesian Ocean. No types known. Replacement name for Ophisurus fasciatus semicincta [semicinctus] Bleeker 1864, preoccupied by Ophisurus semicinctus Lay & Bennett 1839. •Valid as Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline 1951 -- (McCosker 1977:78 [ref. 6836], Paxton et al. 1989:118 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:158 [ref. 21180], McCosker 2002:27 [ref. 25848], Randall 2005:32 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:134 [ref. 28379], McCosker et al. 2006:270 [ref. 29006]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

colubrina, Muraena Boddaert [P.] 1781:56, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Neue Nordische Beyträge zur physikalischen und geographischen Erd- und Völkerbeschreibung, Naturgeschichte und Oekonomie. St. Petersburg & Leipzig v. 2; ref. 16975] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:65 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Gymnothorax colubrinus Suckow 1799 was a new combination, not original (Suckow 1799:181 [ref. 18858]). •Valid as Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker 1977:78 [ref. 6836], Dor 1984:35 [ref. 29757], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:31 [ref. 6441], McCosker & Castle 1986:181 [ref. 5690], Allen & Swainston 1988:34 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:119 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:45 [ref. 15987], McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180], Goren & Dor 1994:9 [ref. 25356], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:75 [ref. 22017], Randall 1995:62 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:56 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:26 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:45 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:57 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:64 [ref. 24106], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:221 [ref. 25086], McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:117 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], McCosker 2002:25 [ref. 25848], Nakabo 2002:221 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Tang & Zhang 2004:22 [ref. 27889] as colubrnus, Randall 2005:32 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:134 [ref. 28379], McCosker et al. 2006:270 [ref. 29006], Randall 2007:58 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:74 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:366 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], McCosker & Allen 2012:39 [ref. 31763], Allen & Erdmann 2012:107 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:27 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33932], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Fricke et al. 2015:64 [ref. 33895], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Ho et al. 2015:169 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:44 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:118 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:53 [ref. 36673], Randall et al. 2019:29 [ref. 36852], Eudeline 2022:153 [ref. 39191], McCosker 2022:116 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:117 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

colubrina, Muraenophis Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:627, 641, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] New Britain and islands. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:103 [ref. 26380]. Possibly Lacepède took the name from the ophichthid , Myrichthys colubrinus Boddaert ["Boddaert apud Pallas ..."] is one entry in Lacepède's synonymy; based on several literature sources. •Nomen dubium -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:103 [ref. 26380]). Nomen Dubium. Muraenidae. Habitat: marine.

elaps, Chlevastes Fowler [H. W.] 1912:13, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 64; ref. 1385] Philippines. Holotype (unique): ANSP 1001. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:133 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:158 [ref. 21180], Randall 2005:32 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

elapsoides, Ophichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:47 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): not at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:129 [ref. 20810]. •Possibly a synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1789) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:121 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:158 [ref. 21180], McCosker et al. 2006:270 [ref. 29006]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

fasciata, Muraena Ahl [J. N.] 1789:9, Pl. 2 (left fig.) [Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho; ref. 80] East Indies. No types known. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Ophisurus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:686, 687 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:129 [ref. 20810]. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:12 (vol. 6) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (Bauchot et al. 1993:129 [ref. 20810]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

latifasciata, Ophisurus fasciatus var. Bleeker [P.] 1864:64 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] East Indies. No types known. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

naja, Ophicthys De Vis [C. W.] 1884:455 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] South Sea islands. Holotype (unique): QM I.864. Original genus should have been Ophichthys. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:158 [ref. 21180]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

oculata, Ophisurus fasciatus var. Bleeker [P.] 1864:64 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] East Indies. No types known. •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180]). Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

semicincta, Ophisurus fasciatus var. Bleeker [P.] 1864:64 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] Seas of Indian Archipelago; said also to inhabit Indian and Polynesian Ocean. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Ophisurus semicinctus Lay & Bennett 1839; replaced by Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline 1951. •Objective synonym of Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline 1951 -- (McCosker 1977:78 [ref. 6836], Paxton et al. 1989:118 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:157 [ref. 21180], McCosker 2002:27 [ref. 25848], McCosker et al. 2006:270 [ref. 29006]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert 1781). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.