zosterae, Hippocampus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:265 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 282); ref. 2472] Laguna Grande, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN 1887-0515 (1) Pensacola, CAS-SU 1671 (2), USNM 30852 (2 or 1, not found in 1980). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:54 [ref. 19576], Böhlke 1953:61 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:124 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:95 [ref. 23239], Gomon 1997:246 [ref. 22842], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1058 [ref. 23897], Lourie et al. 1999:131 [ref. 23993], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:236 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:190 [ref. 25013], Musick et al. 2000:13 [ref. 24959], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:155 [ref. 27754], Roe et al. 2002:903 [ref. 26504], Fritzsche & Vincent 2003:1225 [ref. 27044], Kuiter 2009:109 [ref. 30404], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Silveira et al. 2014:320 [ref. 33493], Lourie 2016:131 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34632], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Barrientos et al. 2023:272 [ref. 41235], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:118 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Floorida (U.S.A.) south to Yucatán (Mexico): including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.