Species that contain: Yirrkala and misolensis [ 1 ] records

misolensis, Ophichthys Günther [A.] 1872:426 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 10 (no. 60) (art,. 60); ref. 18195] Misool [Misol] Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1870.8.3.112. •See McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836]. •Valid as Yirrkala misolensis (Günther 1872) -- (Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], McCosker et al. 2006:277 [ref. 29006], McCosker 2011:47 [ref. 31260], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Ho et al. 2015:177 [ref. 34130], Motomura et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35490], Chiu et al. 2022:117 [ref. 39618], McCosker 2022:136 [ref. 39686]). Current status: Valid as Yirrkala misolensis (Günther 1872). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives; Nicobar Islands (India), Indonesia and Vietnam east to Philippines, north to southern Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.