Species that contain: Uropterygius and nagoensis [ 1 ] records

nagoensis, Uropterygius Hatooka [K.] 1984:20, Figs. 1-4 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 31 (no. 1); ref. 8217] Nago fish market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, western North Pacific. Holotype (unique): FAKU 51431. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:162 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Uropterygius nagoensis Hatooka 1984 -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:26 [ref. 6441], Randall & Golani 1995:875 [ref. 21744], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Nakabo 2000:197 [ref. 25086], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847] as cf. nagoensis, Nakabo 2002:197 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:162 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:259 [ref. 29005], Allen & Erdmann 2012:99 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:37 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33932], Ho et al. 2015:164 [ref. 34130], Golani & Fricke 2018:24 [ref. 36273], Smith et al. 2019:70 [ref. 37159], Eudeline 2022:149 [ref. 39191], Smith & Böhlke 2022:77 [ref. 39681], Allen & Erdmann 2024:110 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Uropterygius nagoensis Hatooka 1984. Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Mayotte (France); Ryukyu Islands (Japan); Papua New Guinea east to Society Islands, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.