mindii, Syngnathus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:261, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Brackish creek near Mindi, Canal Zone, Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 81770. •Valid as Pseudophallus mindii (Meek & Hildebrand 1923) -- (Villa 1982:151 [ref. 36708], Bussing 1987:164 [ref. 22927], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:136 [ref. 22947], Bussing 1998:255 [ref. 24179], Fritzsche & Vincent 2003:1222 [ref. 27044], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:591 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Moura in Menezes et al. 2003:71 [ref. 27192], Kuiter 2009:241 [ref. 30404], Matamoros et al. 2009:16 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:21 [ref. 32896], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194] as mindi, Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496] as mindi, Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Dallevo-Gomes et al. 2020:96 [ref. 37836], Taphorn et al. 2022:58 [ref. 41297], Angulo et al. 2023:31 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:272 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:118 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pseudophallus mindii (Meek & Hildebrand 1923). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Central and northern South America: freshwater Atlantic coastal drainages (Guiana and Venezuela north to Belize), including freshwater drainages in the Caribbean islands (British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.