kelloggi, Hippocampus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:14, Pl. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1241); ref. 2510] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6521. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:61 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Choi et al. 2003:555 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:37 [ref. 19754], Chen et al. 1997:35 [ref. 26476], Lourie et al. 1999:244 [ref. 23766], Lourie et al. 1999:103 [ref. 23993], Nakabo 2000:535 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:535 [ref. 26001], Choo & Liew 2003:273 [ref. 26841], Choo & Liew 2004:411 [ref. 28042], Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:124 [ref. 36858], Kuiter 2009:116 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:86 [ref. 31256], Jawad et al. 2011:147 [ref. 31521], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2015:28 [ref. 34319], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Lourie 2016:110 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632], Zhang et al. 2016:385 [ref. 34762], Han et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35660], Harasti 2017:[1] 1018 [ref. 37617], Short et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36532]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder 1901. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines to southern Japan, south to New South Wales ( Australia). Habitat: marine.