Species that contain: Uropterygius and inornatus [ 1 ] records

inornatus, Uropterygius Gosline [W. A.] 1958:225, Figs. 1e, 2a [Pacific Science v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 12067] Off Waikiki reef, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 25-35 feet. Holotype: USNM 175007. Paratypes: BPBM [ex UH 1686] (2, possibly lost), BPBM [ex UH 1788] (1, possibly lost); BPBM 14204 [ex UH 2362] (2). Type catalog: Smith 1994:25 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:160 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Uropterygius inornatus Gosline 1958 -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:10 [ref. 13251], Myers 1999:52 [ref. 23965], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Randall 1999:7 [ref. 25829], Böhlke & Randall 2000:268 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2002:160 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:126 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:97 [ref. 30952], Smith 2012:36 [ref. 32155], Smith & Böhlke 2022:75 [ref. 39681]). Current status: Valid as Uropterygius inornatus Gosline 1958. Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), south to Tonga and Pitcairn Island. Habitat: marine.