comes, Hippocampus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1371 [389], Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1982.6.17.9 [ex 1860.3.19.532]. On p. 389 of separate. See Fricke 1999:146 [ref. 24106]. •Valid as Hippocampus comes Cantor 1849 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:87 [ref. 23993], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Choo & Liew 2003:271 [ref. 26841], Choo & Liew 2004:412 [ref. 28042], Kuiter 2009:106 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:201 [ref. 31980], Lourie 2016:92 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:21 [ref. 34632], Zhang et al. 2016:385 [ref. 34762], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Moots 2022:468 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus comes Cantor 1849. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern india and Sri Lanka east to Philippines. Habitat: marine.