serratus, Syngnathus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:272, Pl. 120 (fig. 4) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3847a. Paralectotypes: ?RMNH D1627 (1, stuffed), 3847b-d (3). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:194 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Trachyrhamphus serratus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Dawson 1984:169 [ref. 5291], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:88 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:193 [ref. 6541], Nakabo 2000:526 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Shimizu 2001:24 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:526 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:233, 555 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:24 [ref. 27712] with author as Schlegel, Kuiter 2009:209 [ref. 30404], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 13 [ref. 38321], Moots 2022:495 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Trachyrhamphus serratus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to China and Taiwan, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.