pelagicus, Syngnathus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Osbeck) 1758:337 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] No locality stated [Sargasso Sea, western Atlantic]. No types known. Based on a description by Osbeck 1757:305 [ref. 3311]. •Valid as Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:36 [ref. 39336], Dawson 1982:103 [ref. 6764], Robins & Ray 1986:127 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:352 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:135 [ref. 14674], Dawson 1990:663 [ref. 17542], Boschung 1992:96 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1064 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:192 [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], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807], Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:127 [ref. 36858], Kuiter 2009:252 [ref. 30404], Matamoros et al. 2009:16 [ref. 31241], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Fritzsche 2016:2239 [ref. 34608], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Marceniuk et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35324], Carneiro et al. 2019:177 [ref. 37250], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:416 [ref. 38945], Fermon et al. 2022:219 [ref. 39448] with question, Carvalho-Filho 2023:103 [ref. 40480], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:118 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada) and Bermuda south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.