Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)

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Muraena colubrina Boddaert, 1781:56, pl. 2, fig. 3 (type locality: Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia). Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781): Chen & Weng, 1967:61; Chen, 1969:137; Shen 1984a:116; Chen & Yu, 1986:258; Shen et al., 1993:112; Shao et al., 2008:238; Ho et al., 2010:table 1.

Remarks. An uncommon species found over sandy bottoms or in sea grass beds near coral reef areas. It is a remarkable mimic of venomous hydrophine sea snakes (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993).