waitei, Corythroichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:212, Fig. 17 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51723 (female). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8725 (1), USNM 51723 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:60 [ref. 12291]. Original genus should have been Corythoichthys. •Synonym of Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay 1881) -- (Dawson 1977:310 [ref. 7048]). •Valid as Corythoichthys waitei Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Kuiter 2009:199 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2014:46 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys waitei Jordan & Seale 1906. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines east to Samoa, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.