retzii, Syngnathus Bleeker [P.] 1856:76 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1 (6); ref. 352] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (37) BMNH 1867.11.28.350 (2), ?NMV 46624-25 (2), RMNH 7236 (some of 30), ZMA 115996 (1). •Valid as Lophocampus retzii (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Microphis retzii (Bleeker 1856) -- (Dawson 1984:166 [ref. 5879], Dawson 1985:134 [ref. 6541], Allen 1991:109 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:100 [ref. 23448], Yoshino & Yochigou 1998:202 [ref. 23391], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:527 [ref. 25086], Sakai et al. 2001:91 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:527 [ref. 26001], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196 [ref. 28107], Fricke 2004:51 [ref. 28269], Kuiter 2009:272 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:47 [ref. 33932], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36673], Hashimoto et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40128], Okamura et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40166], Haÿ et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40264], Jamandre 2023:176 [ref. 40455], Haÿ et al. 2024:150 [ref. 41651]). Current status: Valid as Lophocampus retzii (Bleeker 1856). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East Indonesia (Sulawesi, Ceram, Ambon and Papua), east to Pohnpei (Micronesia) and Samoa, north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.