dunckeri, Micrognathus Chabanaud [P.] 1929:170, Figs. 2-3 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 54 (no. 3); ref. 15887] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1929-0008. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:46 [ref. 19576]. •Valid as Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud 1929) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:87 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:83 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:451 [ref. 5650], Paxton et al. 1989:418 [ref. 12442], Senou & Aizawa 1993:4 [ref. 24329], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Larson & Williams 1997:351 [ref. 23967], Myers 1999:94 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2275 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:530 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:530 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:29 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:108 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:821 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:263 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:196 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:76 [ref. 32988], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:123 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:50 [ref. 36273], Moots 2022:456 [ref. 39722], Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 18 [ref. 39142], Allen & Erdmann 2024:214 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud 1929). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Saint Brandon's Shoals east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Red Sea populations may belong to a separate, endemic species (Kuiter 2009:263 [ref. 30404]). Habitat: marine.