Species that contain: Scolecenchelys and laticaudata [ 2 ] records

godeffroyi, Muraenichthys Regan [C. T.] 1909:439 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 4 (no. 23); ref. 14420] Bowen, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1873.4.3.200. •See Johnson 2001:721 [ref. 25471]. Probable synonym of Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897) -- (McCosker 1970:507 [ref. 2931], Johnson 1999:721 [ref. 25471]). •Valid as Muraenichthys godeffroyi Regan 1909 -- (McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Muraenichthys laticaudatus (Ogilby 1897) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:118 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan 1909) -- (Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075], McCosker et al. 2006:275 [ref. 29006], McCosker et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31982], Hibino et al. 2012:182 [ref. 32443], Larson et al. 2013:28 [ref. 32988] as cf. godeffroyi, McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288] with question, Hibino & Kimura 2015:19 [ref. 33951]). Current status: Valid as Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan 1909). Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

laticaudata, Myropterura Ogilby [J. D.] 1897:247 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 2); ref. 3273] Fiji Islands [South Pacific]. Syntypes: AMS I.16268-001 [ex MAMU F116 and F151] (2). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:205 [ref. 19518]. •Valid as Muraenichthys laticaudatus (Ogilby 1897) -- (McCosker 1970:507 [ref. 2931], McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836], Dor 1984:37 [ref. 29757], McCosker & Castle 1986:180 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:118 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:74 [ref. 22017], Larson & Williams 1997:347 [ref. 23967], Myers 1999:54 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:63 [ref. 24106], Smith & McCosker 1999:1667 [ref. 24715], Johnson 1999:721 [ref. 25471] as cf. laticaudatus, Randall 1999:6 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624]). •Valid as Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897) -- (Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3316 [ref. 27945], McCosker et al. 2006:275 [ref. 29006], Randall 2007:61 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:111 [ref. 31980], Hibino et al. 2012:182 [ref. 32443], Hibino et al. 2013:45 [ref. 32418], Larson et al. 2013:28 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33932], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Hibino & Kimura 2015:15 [ref. 33951], Ho et al. 2015:176 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:46 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:29 [ref. 36273], McCosker 2022:131 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:122 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby 1897). Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Mariana Islands and Pitcairn Group, south to Queensland (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.