Channomuraena vittata (Richardson, 1845)

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Ichthyophis vittatus Richardson, 1845a: pl. 53, figs. 7–9 (type locality uncertain, brought from China). Channomuraena vittata (Richardson, 1845): Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Remarks. A very rare species only represented by a few specimens collected from southeastern Taiwan.

* Cirrimaxilla Chen & Shao, 1995

Cirrimaxilla Chen & Shao, 1995:328 (Type species. Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995, by monotypy). Loh et al., 2008:138; Séret et al., 2008:192; Ho & Shao, 2011:21.

* Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995 a *3R

Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995:330, fig. 1 (Type locality: Nanwan, southern tip of Taiwan, Ping-tung County). Shao et al., 2008:238; Ho & Shao, 2011:21, tale 1; Loh et al., 2008:138; Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Remarks. This species was tentatively synonymized with Channomuraena bauchotae from the Indian Ocean by Böhlke & Smith (2002), but this needs to be confirmed. At any rate, neither of these species belongs in Channomuraena, which has quite different dentition. Cirrimaxilla formosa was recently found to be common in stomach contents of sea snakes in New Caledonia (Séret et al., 2008).