andersonii, Syngnathus Bleeker [P.] 1858:465 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15 (no. 2); ref. 16960] Cocos-Keeling Islands, eastern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7227. Locality doubted by Dawson but regarded as correct by Allen & Smith-Vaniz 1994:2 [ref. 22386]. •Valid as Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker 1858) -- (Dawson 1982:672 [ref. 5441], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:87 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:122 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:454 [ref. 5650], Paxton et al. 1989:425 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:75 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:103 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:75 [ref. 25919], Senou & Yano 1999:2 [ref. 24392], Myers 1999:94 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:529 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Sakai et al. 2001:91 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:529 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830] as andersoni, Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:45 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:111 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:834 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:234 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:87 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:207 [ref. 31980], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:124 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:51 [ref. 36273], Moots 2022:478 [ref. 39722], Momose 2023:35 [ref. 40934], Allen & Erdmann 2024:225 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker 1858). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Mariana Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.