Species that contain: Strophidon and sathete [ 6 ] records

longicaudata, Lycodontis McClelland [J.] 1844:187 (203, 215), Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Bengal, India. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:122 [ref. 26380]. As Strophidon longicaudata on p. 203 and longicandata [sic] on p. 215. Unneeded replacement name for Muraenophis sathete Hamilton 1822. •Objective synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke 1997:106 [ref. 23177], Böhlke & Smith 2002:122 [ref. 26380], Allen et al. 2006:258 [ref. 29005], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2020:1473 [ref. 37831]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

longissima, Thyrsoidea Kaup [J. J.] 1856:61 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Mumbai, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2134. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:102 [ref. 20810], Böhlke & Smith 2002:122-123 [ref. 26380] Also in Kaup 1856:82 [ref. 2573]. •Synonym of Thyrsoidea macrura (Bleeker 1854) -- (authors). •Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke 1995:460 [ref. 21738], Böhlke 1997:106 [ref. 23177], Böhlke & Smith 2002:122 [ref. 26380], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2020:1473 [ref. 37831]). Current status: Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macrurus, Muraena Bleeker [P.] 1854:324 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 16935] Freto Sundaico, Anjer, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.212. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:123 [ref. 26380] as macrura. The original spelling was macrurus in two places; perhaps in error for macrura. •Valid as Evenchelys macrurus (Bleeker 1854) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:645, 752 [ref. 8056], Nakabo 2000:211 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:211 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:399 [ref. 28370]). •Valid as Thyrsoidea macrurus (Bleeker 1854) -- (Roberts 1978:26 [ref. 8886], Castle & McCosker 1986:174 [ref. 5645] as macrura, Paxton et al. 1989:133 [ref. 12442], Zheng et al. 1989:35 [ref. 21202], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:80 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:11 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:7 [ref. 25356] as macura, Larson & Williams 1997:346 [ref. 23967] as macrura, Johnson 1999:722 [ref. 25471] as macrura, Mishra & Krishnan 2003:18 [ref. 27712] as macrura). •Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Randall et al. 1990:42 [ref. 15987], Böhlke 1995:460 [ref. 21738], Böhlke 1997:106 [ref. 23177], Fricke 1999:59 [ref. 24106], Böhlke & Smith 2002:123 [ref. 26380], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:318 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:258 [ref. 29005], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:59 [ref. 35264], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:40 [ref. 35805], Huang et al. 2020:1473 [ref. 37831]). Current status: Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

prolatus, Gymnothorax Sasaki [K.] & Amaoka [K.] 1991:7, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19081] Suao fish market, northeastern Taiwan. Holotype (unique): HUMZ 107775. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:141 [ref. 26380], Ho & Shao 2011:22 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Zhang et al. 2010:240 [ref. 31511]). •Valid as Gymnothorax prolatus Sasaki & Amaoka 1991 -- (Böhlke 1997:99 [ref. 23177], Böhlke & Smith 2002:141 [ref. 26380], Heemstra 2004:5 [ref. 27849], Ho & Shao 2011:22 [ref. 31432], Loh et al. 2011:45 [ref. 31690], Smith 2012:25 [ref. 32155], Psomadakis et al. 2015:146 [ref. 34104], Loh et al. 2015:39 [ref. 34118], Ho et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34116], Ho et al. 2015:160 [ref. 34130], Mohapatra et al. 2016:595 [ref. 34667], Mohapatra et al. 2017:285 [ref. 35504], Smith et al. 2018:33 [ref. 36035], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Mohapatra et al. 2021:419 [ref. 38368]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax prolatus Sasaki & Amaoka 1991. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

sathete, Muraenophis Hamilton [F.] 1822:17, 363 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Botanical Garden of Calcutta,Ganges River system, India. No types known. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:38 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 10 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Lycodontis sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:79 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Randall et al. 1990:42 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1994:54 [ref. 22258], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:viii [ref. 21953], Böhlke 1995:460 [ref. 21738], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:68 [ref. 22017], Randall & Golani 1995:871 [ref. 21744], Böhlke 1997:106 [ref. 23177], Chen et al. 1997:20 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:42 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:51 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Johnson 1999:722 [ref. 25471], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:12 [ref. 27510], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:106 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:50 [ref. 28239], Smith & Böhlke 2006:36 [ref. 28678], Allen et al. 2006:258 [ref. 29005], Fricke et al. 2009:17 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2010:239 [ref. 31511], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:59 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Loh et al. 2011:50 [ref. 31690], Allen & Erdmann 2012:97 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Larson et al. 2013:26 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:147 [ref. 34104], Ho et al. 2015:163 [ref. 34130], Loh et al. 2015:43 [ref. 37906], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492], Hibino et al. 2017:[5] [ref. 35174], Motomura et al. 2017:30 [ref. 35490], Mohapatra et al. 2017:285 [ref. 35504], Fricke et al. 2018:40 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:23 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:24 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:18 [ref. 37020], Smith et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37159], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:275 [ref. 37272], Prokofiev 2020:133 [ref. 37498], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Huang et al. 2020:1473 [ref. 37831], Hibino in Koeda & Ho 2019:102 [ref. 42208], Eudeline 2022:148 [ref. 39191], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:59 [ref. 41223], Smith & Böhlke 2022:69 [ref. 39681], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455], Vilasri et al. 2023:71 [ref. 40764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:107 [ref. 40796], Whitfield 2025:190 [ref. 42563]). Current status: Valid as Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Mariana Islands, Society Islands and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ui, Strophidon Tanaka [S.] 1918:52 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 30 (no. 352); ref. 17355] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT uncar. (lost). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:143 [ref. 39647]. •Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Böhlke 1995:460 [ref. 21738], Smith & Böhlke 2006:37 [ref. 28678], Zhang et al. 2010:239 [ref. 31511] as Strophidonui ui, Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Strophidon ui Tanaka 1918 -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:211 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:211 [ref. 26001], Hibino et al. 2017:[5] [ref. 35174], Sonoyama et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37637], Huang et al. 2020:1477 [ref. 37831]). Current status: Valid as Strophidon ui Tanaka 1918. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.