sculptus, Doryichthys Günther [A.] 1870:185 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Fiji Islands [South Pacific]. Lectotype: BMNH 1858.12.27.106. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1858.12.27.107 (1). Lectotype selected by Dawson 1976:56 [ref. 7375]. •Valid as Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther 1870) -- (Dawson 1976:53 [ref. 7375], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:88 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:34 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:447 [ref. 5650], Paxton et al. 1989:414 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:19 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:72 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:72 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:89 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794] as sculpatus, Allen 2000:86 [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 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:617 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:105 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:814 [ref. 29073], Fricke et al. 2009:36 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:229 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:86 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:188 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33932], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:121 [ref. 35805], Allen et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37331], Moots 2022:440 [ref. 39722], Yuki et al. 2022:75 [ref. 39134], Allen & Erdmann 2024:206 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther 1870). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Line Islands, Society Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Suruga Bay (Japan), south to northern Queensland (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.