longirostris, Trachyrhamphus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:24, 74 [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] China, western North Pacific. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1981.5.22.1 (1), second syntype lost. Lectotype selected by Dawson 1979:469 [ref. 19285], but Roberts 1993:36 [ref. 21799] indicates that the species was based on a drawing left in Java. •Valid as Trachyrhamphus longirostris Kaup 1856 -- (Dawson 1984:176 [ref. 5291], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:88 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:193 [ref. 6541], Allen & Swainston 1988:46 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:431 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:72 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:352 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:80 [ref. 25488], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:526 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:526 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Paxton et al. 2006:844 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:211 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:212 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:78 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:72 [ref. 34464], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Golani & Fricke 2018:52 [ref. 36273], Moots 2022:495 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Trachyrhamphus longirostris Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to Japan and China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.