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]). 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 northern Australia. Red Sea populations may belong to a separate, endemic species (Kuiter 2009:263 [ref. 30404]). Habitat: marine.