macrurus, Muraena Bleeker [P.] 1854:324 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 16935] Freto Sundaico, Anjer, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.212. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:123 [ref. 26380] as macrura. The original spelling was macrurus in two places; perhaps in error for macrura. •Valid as Evenchelys macrurus (Bleeker 1854) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:645, 752 [ref. 8056], Nakabo 2000:211 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:211 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:399 [ref. 28370]). •Valid as Thyrsoidea macrurus (Bleeker 1854) -- (Roberts 1978:26 [ref. 8886], Castle & McCosker 1986:174 [ref. 5645] as macrura, Paxton et al. 1989:133 [ref. 12442], Zheng et al. 1989:35 [ref. 21202], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:80 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:11 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:7 [ref. 25356] as macura, Larson & Williams 1997:346 [ref. 23967] as macrura, Johnson 1999:722 [ref. 25471] as macrura, Mishra & Krishnan 2003:18 [ref. 27712] as macrura). •Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822) -- (Randall et al. 1990:42 [ref. 15987], Böhlke 1995:460 [ref. 21738], Böhlke 1997:106 [ref. 23177], Fricke 1999:59 [ref. 24106], Böhlke & Smith 2002:123 [ref. 26380], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:318 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:258 [ref. 29005], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:59 [ref. 35264], Smith 2012:33 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:43 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:40 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.