Species that contain: Scuticaria and okinawae [ 4 ] records

brevicauda, Gymnomuraena Regan [C. T.] 1903:414, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 3620] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MHNG 665.54. Type catalog: Mahnert 1976:473 [ref. 21535], Weber 1998:5 [ref. 32707], Böhlke & Smith 2002:157 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Böhlke & McCosker 1997:172 [ref. 23214], Fricke 1999:56 [ref. 24106], Böhlke & Randall 2000:265 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:157 [ref. 26380], Randall 2007:96 [ref. 30952], Smith 2012:35 [ref. 32155]). Current status: Synonym of Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

okinawae, Uropterygius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:886, Fig. 22 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1239); ref. 2508] Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6482. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:48 [ref. 12291], Böhlke & Smith 2002:162 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Böhlke & McCosker 1997:172 [ref. 23214], Fricke 1999:56 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Böhlke & Randall 2000:265 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:198 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:198 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:162 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830] with genus as Scuticara, Randall 2005:50 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:125 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:96 [ref. 30952], Smith 2012:35 [ref. 32155], Smith & Böhlke 2022:72 [ref. 39681]). Current status: Valid as Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

sealei, Uropterygius Whitley [G. P.] 1932:330 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 18 (no. 6); ref. 4674] Society Islands. Holotype: MCZ 9188. Paratypes: USNM 150552 [ex MCZ 9188A] (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:25-26 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:163 [ref. 26380]. Unneeded replacement name for Scuticaria unicolor Seale 1917. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Uropterygius unicolor Kaup 1856 in Uropterygius -- see Böhlke & Smith 2002:163 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Uropterygius bennettii (Günther 1870) -- (authors). •Synonym of Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Böhlke & McCosker 1997:172 [ref. 23214], Böhlke & Randall 2000:265 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:163 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:50 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:125 [ref. 28379], Smith 2012:35 [ref. 32155]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

unicolor, Scuticaria Seale [A.] 1917:94 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 61 (no. 4); ref. 4001] Society Islands, central Pacific. Holotype: MCZ 9188. Paratypes: USNM 150552 [ex MCZ 9188] (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:24 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:164 [ref. 26380]. Subjectively invalis; secondarily preoccupied in Uropterygius by Uropterygius unicolor Kaup 1856, replaced by Uropterygius sealei Whitley 1932. •Synonym of Uropterygius bennettii (Günther 1870). •Synonym of Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Böhlke & McCosker 1997:172 [ref. 23214], Böhlke & Randall 2000:265 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:164 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:50 [ref. 28239], Smith 2012:35 [ref. 32155]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Scuticaria okinawae (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Habitat: marine.