prionodon, Gymnothorax Ogilby [J. D.] 1895:720 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 9 (pt 4) (for 1894); ref. 14552] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.3324. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:141 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:131 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:69 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:33 [ref. 23929], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:94 [ref. 25226], Böhlke & Smith 2002:141 [ref. 26380], Allen et al. 2006:255 [ref. 29005], Ho & Shao 2011: 21 [ref. 31432], Smith 2012:25 [ref. 32155], Ho et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34116], Ho et al. 2015:160 [ref. 34130], Stewart & McCosker 2015:236 [ref. 34233], Sonoyama et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Philippines, eastern Indonesia and New Guinea east to Vanuatu, north to central Japan, south to Gascoyne (Western Australia), southern New South Wales (Australia) and North Island (New Zealand). Hybridizes with Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Habitat: marine.