mucifer, Gymnothorax Snyder [J. O.] 1904:519, Pl. 5 (fig. 9) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50868. Type catalog: Smith 1994:18 [ref. 21917], Böhlke & Smith 2002:130 [ref. 26380]. •Synonym of Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Böhlke & Smith 2002:130 [ref. 26380], Randall 2005:43 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:120 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:89 [ref. 30952], Smith 2012:18 [ref. 32155]). •Valid as Gymnothorax mucifer Snyder 1904 -- (Böhlke & Randall 1995:3 [ref. 21580], Huang et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36534], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Huang et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38612], Hibino & Ito 2023:56 [ref. 40369]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax mucifer Snyder 1904. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: Taiwan north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan); Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.); northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.