schultzi, Corythoichthys Herald [E. S.] in Schultz et al. 1953:271, Fig. 42 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] 100 yards offshore in lagoon, Arji Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific, depth 6.1-12.2 meters. Holotype: USNM 140233. Paratypes: USNM 140234 (4), 140240-41 (1, 1), 141198 (1). •Valid as Corythoichthys schultzi Herald 1953 -- (Dawson 1977:319 [ref. 7048], Dor 1984:76 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:87 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:46 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:415 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:19 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:73 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:73 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:90 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:148 [ref. 24106], Paulus 1999:2274 [ref. 24794], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:525 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:155 [ref. 25191], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:525 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:33 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:18 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:106 [ref. 28239], Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:127 [ref. 36858], Paxton et al. 2006:816 [ref. 29073], Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Fricke et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:200 [ref. 30404], Satapoomin 2009:58 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:86 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:190 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33932], DiBattista et al. 2015:19 [ref. 35706] as cf. schultzi, Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Golani & Fricke 2018:49 [ref. 36273], Moots 2022:446 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys schultzi Herald 1953. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Tonga, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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