brachysoma, Syngnathus Bleeker [P.] 1855:327 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 348] Batu Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7250. •Valid as Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker 1855) -- (Dawson 1976:43 [ref. 7375], Dor 1984:75 [ref. 29757], Dawson 1985:32 [ref. 6541], Allen & Swainston 1988:46 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:414 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:19 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1994:225 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:99 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:72 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:351 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:133 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:500 [ref. 25919], Senou & Ono 1998:4 [ref. 24383], Myers 1999:89 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:147 [ref. 24106], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Johnson 1999:726 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:521 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:521 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:617 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:104 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:118 [ref. 28745], Paxton et al. 2006:814 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:228 [ref. 30404], Satapoomin 2009:57 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:187 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:75 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33932], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Eagderi et al. 2019:132 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36871], Allen et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37331], Allen & Erdmann 2024:205 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker 1855). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf and Socotra east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands, north to Philippines, south to eastern Australia, Fiji and Samoa. Habitat: marine.