belcheri, Ichthyocampus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:30, Pl. 5 (fig. 39) [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] China, western North Pacific. Lectotype: BMNH 1983.8.18.4 [ex BMNH 1977.4.22.5]. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1983.8.18.5 [ex BMNH 1977.4.22.6] (1). Lectotype selected by Dawson 1977:616 [ref. 1066]. •Valid as Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup 1856) -- (Dawson 1977:616 [ref. 1066], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:88 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:79 [ref. 29757], Dawson 1985:156 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:456 [ref. 5650], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], as blecheri, Nakabo 2000:522 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:522 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:52 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:112 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:838 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:268 [ref. 30404], Satapoomin 2009:59 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:87 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:209 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:19 [ref. 35333], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:126 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:30 [ref. 36883], Moots 2022:487 [ref. 39722], Allen & Erdmann 2024:227 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:87 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup 1856). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.