vicina, Murenophis Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:81, Pl. 42 (fig. 4) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Bahia, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2423. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:102 [ref. 20810]. •Valid as Lycodontis vicinus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Blache et al. 1973:226 [ref. 7185], Cervigón 1991:38 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:368 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221]). •Valid as Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:542 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:53 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:626 [ref. 9166], Böhlke et al. 1989:186 [ref. 13286], Smith 1989:912 [ref. 13285], Smith & Böhlke 1990:143 [ref. 19379], Boschung 1992:33 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:240 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:136 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:82 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:148 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:99 [ref. 26784], Böhlke & Smith 2003:704 [ref. 26990], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:9 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:61 [ref. 27807], Wirtz et al. 2007:25 [ref. 30263], Smith 2012:29 [ref. 32155], Page et al. 2013:61 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:24 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33516], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:42 [ref. 37485], Pinheiro et al. 2015:6 [ref. 34324], Smith & Brito 2016:1632 [ref. 34557], Spier et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36103], Brown et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:61 [ref. 38139], Robertson et al. 2020:159 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:102 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Fermon et al. 2022:115 [ref. 39448] with question, Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:52 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:117 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau 1855). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; central Atlantic: Ascension Island and Saint Helena Island; eastern Atlantic: possibly Azores, São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.
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