variegatus, Syngnathus Pallas [P. S.] 1814:119 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Crimean coast, Ukraine, Black Sea. No types known. •Valid as Syngnathus variegatus Pallas 1814 -- (Wheeler 1973:276 [ref. 7190], Dawson in Whitehead et al. 1986:638 [ref. 13676], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:68 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2007:77 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:170 [ref. 31251], Kuiter 2009:250 [ref. 30404], Parin et al. 2014:211 [ref. 33547], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Abliazov et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38576], Niță et al. 2022:148 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus variegatus Pallas 1814. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Habitat: brackish, marine.