polynotatus, Corythoichthys Dawson [C. E.] 1977:331, Figs. 20-21 [Copeia 1977 (no. 2); ref. 7048] Koror Island, Palau Islands, western Pacific, 7°20'13"N, 134°28'14"E. Holotype: CAS 34476. Paratypes: BMNH 1933.3.11.199-200 (2); CAS 30349 (7), 30354 (4), 34475 (3), 34477 (3); CAS-SU 27647 (6), 68064 (13), 68063 [not 68083] (10); FMNH 47472 (4); GCRL 14474 (2), 14475 (2); UMMZ 100366 (6); USNM 154630 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:28 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Corythoichthys polynotatus Dawson 1977 -- (Dawson 1985:46 [ref. 6541], Myers 1999:90 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Kuiter 2009:203 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:190 [ref. 31980], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36673], Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 23 [ref. 39142], Allen & Erdmann 2024:208 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys polynotatus Dawson 1977. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali and Flores (Indonesia), Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Guam, Palau. Habitat: marine.