cinctus, Syngnathus Ramsay [E. P.] 1882:111 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 1); ref. 18594] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Neotype: AMS I.19107-001 [ex AMS IB.556]. Neotype designated by Dawson 1977:626 [ref. 1066]; syntypes AMS A.12897 (2, lost). •Valid as Festucalex cinctus (Ramsay 1882) -- (Dawson 1977:624 [ref. 1066], Dawson 1985:70 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:417 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:88 [ref. 23929], Larson & Williams 1997:351 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:80 [ref. 25488], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Fricke 2004:27 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:819 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:206 [ref. 30404], Larson et al. 2013:75 [ref. 32988], Allen & Erdmann 2015:51 [ref. 33644], Prokofiev 2016:624 [ref. 34850], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 21 [ref. 39142]). Current status: Valid as Festucalex cinctus (Ramsay 1882). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: northern and eastern Australia. Habitat: marine.