dactyliophorus, Syngnathus Bleeker [P.] 1853:506 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1981.5.22.3 (1), RMNH 7247 (2). •Valid as Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Dawson 1985:67 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:448 [ref. 5650], Allen & Swainston 1988:46 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:416 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 1997:82 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:73 [ref. 25919], Paulus 1999:2274 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:528 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:156 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2002:528 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:34 [ref. 27510], Paxton et al. 2006:818 [ref. 29073], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:64 [ref. 35264], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631]). •Valid as Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Dor 1984:76 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:86 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1998:81 [ref. 23586], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495] as Dunkerocampus, Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:24 [ref. 28269], Allen & Kuiter 2004:5 [ref. 28071], Randall 2005:107 [ref. 28239], Kuiter 2009:180 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:86 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:194 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:75 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:46 [ref. 33932], Lourie 2016:141 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker 1853). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Society Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.