elucens, Syngnathus Poey [F.] 1868:443 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Havana, Cuba. No types known. •Valid as Syngnathus elucens Poey 1868 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:126 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:269 [ref. 24472]). •Valid as Cosmocampus elucens (Poey 1868) -- (Dawson 1982:132 [ref. 6764], Boschung 1992:94 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1054 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:228 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:189 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:155 [ref. 27754], Fritzsche & Vincent 2003:1222 [ref. 27044], Menezes & Moura in Menezes et al. 2003:71 [ref. 27192] dated 1810, Smith et al. 2003:18 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:111 [ref. 27807], Kuiter 2009:236 [ref. 30404], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:35 [ref. 33341], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Page et al. 2023:118 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cosmocampus elucens (Poey 1868). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.