Species that contain: Rhinomuraena and quaesita [ 3 ] records

ambonensis, Rhinomuraena Barbour [T.] 1908:40 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 21; ref. 177] Tide pool, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MCZ 87067. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:92 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Rhinomuraena ambonensis Barbour 1908 -- (Shen 1974:184 [ref. 41072]). •Synonym of Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman 1888 -- (Randall et al. 1990:41 [ref. 15987], Böhlke & Smith 2002:92 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:49 [ref. 28239], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman 1888. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.

barbatula, Nettastomops Steindachner [F.] 1906:299 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 43 (no. 17); ref. 4241] Upolu Island, Samoa Islands. Holotype (unique): NMW 61038. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:95-96 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman 1888 -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:96 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman 1888. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.

quaesita, Rhinomuraena Garman [S.] 1888:114 [1], Fig. [Bulletin of the Essex Institute v. 20; ref. 1534] Ebon Island, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MCZ 9170. On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman 1888 -- (Shen 1974:182 [ref. 41072], Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:25 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:132 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:41 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1994:53 [ref. 22258], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:viii [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:54 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:28 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:41 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:50 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:55 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Nakabo 2000:199 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:115 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:199 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:49 [ref. 28239], Smith & Böhlke 2006:36 [ref. 28678], Allen et al. 2006:257 [ref. 29005], Imamura 2009:21 [ref. 30434], Fricke et al. 2009:17 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:73 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31511], Caratini & Soriano 2011:59 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:96 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33932], Ho et al. 2015:162 [ref. 34130], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:116 [ref. 40104], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:40 [ref. 35805], Ramos-Castro et al. 2021:520 [ref. 38842], Eudeline 2022:146 [ref. 39191], Smith & Böhlke 2022:68 [ref. 39681], Allen & Erdmann 2024:106 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman 1888. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Mariana Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) to 23°30'S and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.