Species that contain: Schultzidia and johnstonensis [ 1 ] records

johnstonensis, Muraenichthys Schultz [L. P.] & Woods [L. P.] 1949:172, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 39 (no. 5); ref. 10179] Johnston Island [Central Pacific], reef along northern side of atoll. Holotype: USNM 141268. Paratypes: USNM 141269 (1), 141692 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:32 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods 1949) -- (McCosker 1970:507 [ref. 2931], McCosker 1977:62 [ref. 6836], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:45 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:45 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:56 [ref. 23965], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Randall & Earle 2000:8 [ref. 25806], McCosker 2002:24 [ref. 25848], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:136 [ref. 28379], McCosker et al. 2006:274 [ref. 29006], Randall 2007:60 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:110 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Hibino et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34119], Ho et al. 2015:175 [ref. 34130], McCosker 2022:129 [ref. 39686]). Current status: Valid as Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods 1949). Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.