Muraena retifera Goode & Bean, 1882

Extant specimens: ACL-HN-0060 (Fig. 11).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Ap. Muraena ”.

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): None.

Comments: This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. Three species of Western Atlantic Muraenids have a similar color pattern to this specimen, namely Gymnothorax miliaris, Gymnothorax nigromarginatus, and Muraena retifera . However, only the latter reaches more than 70 cm in length. The specimen was originally classified as “P. Ap. Muraena ” on the herbarium sheet. While specimens of Muraena were not mentioned in the inventory of the Ajuda’s cabinet (Ferreira 1794) or the transference list to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, one specimen (not found) is mentioned in the transference list to Coimbra. In Ichthyologia Fluminensis, Veloso provides a brief description of Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758, which could correspond to the aforementioned specimen. Antunes & Balbino (2003) identified the specimen as Gymnothorax nigromarginatus (Girard 1858) . This species exhibits a wide distribution in coastal areas of the Western Atlantic, occurring from North Carolina (USA) to Uruguay (Böhlke & Smith 2003; Nion et al. 2016).

Order Clupeiformes