valencienni, Choeroichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1856:55, 75, Pl. 3 [not 2] (fig. 6) [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6037. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:44 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker 1855) -- (Dawson 1976:43 [ref. 7375], Dawson 1985:32 [ref. 6541], Fricke 1999:147 [ref. 24106], Paxton et al. 2006:814 [ref. 29073]). •Valid as Choeroichthys valencienni Kaup 1856 -- (Fricke et al. 2009:36 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:228 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2018:121 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:48 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:30 [ref. 36883], Allen et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37331], Moots 2022:441 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Choeroichthys valencienni Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Amirantes (Seychelles), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.