Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822)

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Muraenophis sathete Hamilton, 1822:17, 363 (type locality: Ganges estuaries near Calcutta, India).

Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822): Shen et al., 1993:108; Chen et al., 1994:54; Shao et al., 2008:238; Loh et al., in press:table 1; Loh et al., 2015:30.

Thyrsoidea macrurus (Bleeker, 1854): Chen, 1956:79; Chen & Weng, 1967:14; Chen, 1969:127; Chen & Yu, 1986:247.

Strophidon ui (Tanaka, 1918): Chen & Weng, 1967:37; Chen, 1969:129; Chen & Yu, 1986:249.

Thyrsoidea macrurus (Bleeker, 1854): Shen, 1984a:106.

Evenchelys macrurus (Bleeker, 1854): Jordan & Richardson, 1902:327; Fowler, 1932b:144, fig. 16.

Remarks. A very common species collected by bottom trawl and traps. This is the largest moray in length, though not in weight, with a total length up to 3.7 meters (Randall et al., 1997).