californiensis, Syngnathus Storer [D. H.] 1845:73 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 2 (1845-1848); ref. 18837] Ventura, California, U.S.A. Neotype: LACM 58833-1. Non-type: MNHN A-3203 [ex USNM] (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:48 [ref. 19576]. Neotype selected by Garcia et al. 2019:[13] 1011 [ref. 38915]. Original locality California, U.S.A. •Valid as Siphostoma californiense (Storer 1845) -- (Herrera 1896:37 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Syngnathus californiensis Storer 1845 -- (Fritzsche 1980:205 [ref. 1511], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:130 [ref. 9277], Dawson 1985:185 [ref. 6541], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:72 [ref. 37547], Kuiter 2009:256 [ref. 30404], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Kells et al. 2016:124 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:56 [ref. 37205], Garcia et al. 2019:[3] 1001 [ref. 38915], Love et al. 2021:103 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:118 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus californiensis Storer 1845. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico). Habitat: marine.