boothae, Micrognathus Whitley [G. P.] 1964:162, Fig. 3 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Lord Howe Island. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.5992. •Valid as Halicampus boothae (Whitley 1964) -- (Dawson 1985:79 [ref. 6541], Francis & Randall 1993:130 [ref. 20996], Senou & Aizawa 1993:4 [ref. 24329], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Myers 1999:94 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:530 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:530 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:233, 554 [ref. 26218], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:28 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:108 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:820 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:265 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Sonoyama et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37637], Matsunuma et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38940], Moots 2022:456 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Halicampus boothae (Whitley 1964). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Osumi Islands (southern japan); eastern Australia and Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.