leucostigma, Gymnothorax Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1909:174, Pl. 68 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 2493] Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Holotype (unique): FMNH 52124 [ex CM 253]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:54 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:43 [ref. 12367], Böhlke & Smith 2002:121 [ref. 26380], Ho & Shao 2011:21 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson 1909 -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:23 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1994:51 [ref. 22258], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Zhang et al. 2010:283 [ref. 31511], Huang et al. 2018:[2] [ref. 35898], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651]). •Synonym of Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895 -- (Böhlke & McCosker 2001:94 [ref. 25226], Böhlke & Smith 2002:121 [ref. 26380], Ho & Shao 2011:21 [ref. 31432], Smith 2012:25 [ref. 32155], Ho et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34116]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby 1895. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Habitat: marine.