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Species in the genus Scuticaria: [ 6 ] 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.

breviceps, Gymnomuraena Schmeltz [J. D. E.] 1879:38 [Museum Godeffroy. Catalog VII; ref. 30283] Savai'i Island, Samoa. No types known. Unneeded replacement name for Ichthyophis tigrinus Lesson 1828. Not available, no description; from w. Samoa. •In the synonymy of Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson 1828) -- (Böhlke & Randall 2000:265 [ref. 24493]). •Not available, nomen nudum -- (Smith 2012:54 [ref. 32155]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson 1828). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae.

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.

tigrinus, Ichthyophis Lesson [R. P.] 1828:399 [Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle Paris (sér. 2) v. 4; ref. 2775] Bora Bora, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Lectotype: MNHN B-2454. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2455 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:99 [ref. 20810], Böhlke & Smith 2002:164 [ref. 26380]. Also in Lesson 1831:129, Pl. 12 [ref. 2776]. Lectotype selected by Böhlke & McCosker 1997:174 [ref. 23214]. •Valid as Uropterygius tigrinus (Lesson 1828) -- (Castle & McCosker 1986:175 [ref. 5645], Chen et al. 1994:63 [ref. 22258], Yamakawa et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24336], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:65 [ref. 22017], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:228 [ref. 24545], Zhang et al. 2010:229 [ref. 31511] as Uropterygius tigrina). •Valid but possibly as Scuticaria tigrinus (Lesson 1828) -- (Böhlke et al. 1989:126 [ref. 13286]). •Valid as Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson 1828) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1313 [ref. 22830], Randall 1995:58 [ref. 22896], Allen & Robertson 1997:819 [ref. 41086], Böhlke & McCosker 1997:173 [ref. 23214], Myers 1999:51 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:56 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1657 [ref. 24692], Böhlke & Randall 2000:265 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:198 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Thomson et al. 2000:46 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:7 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:198 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:164 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:61 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:18 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:126 [ref. 28379] as tigrinus, Randall 2005:51 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:96 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:17 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:73 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:96 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:35 [ref. 32155], Page et al. 2013:61 [ref. 32708], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988] dated 1829, Ho et al. 2015:162 [ref. 34130], Fourriére et al. 2016:441 [ref. 34668], Fourrière et al. 2016:Suppl. p. 4 [ref. 42488], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:40 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:116 [ref. 40104], Smith et al. 2019:63 [ref. 37159], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Dale et al. 2021:316 [ref. 38298], Love et al. 2021:34 [ref. 39279], Eudeline 2022:148 [ref. 39191], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Smith & Böhlke 2022:72 [ref. 39681], Bensted-Smith et al. 2023:612 [ref. 40605], Page et al. 2023:52 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:106 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:118 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:75 [ref. 42021], Huang et al. 2025:597 [ref. 42565]). Current status: Valid as Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson 1828). Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Taiwan and Kerama Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia; eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2019): Least Concern. 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.