auliscus, Siphostoma Swain [J.] 1882:310 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 283); ref. 14300] Santa Barbara and San Diego, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 26807 (2, missing). Based on Siphostoma dimidiatum of Jordan & Gilbert 1880, not Gill. •Valid as Syngnathus auliscus (Swain 1882) -- (Fritzsche 1980:199 [ref. 1511], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:130 [ref. 9277], Dawson 1985:184 [ref. 6541], Swift et al. 1993:131 [ref. 22379], Allen & Robertson 1994:97 [ref. 22193], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:294 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:102 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:229 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:67 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:71 [ref. 37547], Kuiter 2009:254 [ref. 30404], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:457 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Kells et al. 2016:124 [ref. 35888], Garcia et al. 2019:[3] 1001 [ref. 38915], González-Murcia et al. 2019:300 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:103 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus auliscus (Swain 1882). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.