spinosissimus, Solenognathus Günther [A.] 1870:195 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Tasmania, Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.11.29.55-56 (2). Original genus should have been Solegnathus. •Valid as Solegnathus spinosissimus (Günther 1870) -- (Dawson 1980:284 [ref. 21122], Dawson 1982:150 [ref. 5442], Dawson 1985:173 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:429 [ref. 12442], Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1990:232 [ref. 16024], Kuiter 1993:94 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:466 [ref. 22532], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Paxton et al. 2006:841 [ref. 29073] with naso not a synonym, Kuiter 2008:473 [ref. 30642], Kuiter 2009:154 [ref. 30404], Stewart 2015:1059 [ref. 34254], Lourie 2016:153 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615]). Current status: Valid as Solegnathus spinosissimus (Günther 1870). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Southeastern and eastern Australia: southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Habitat: marine.