erugatus, Micrognathus Herald [E. S.] & Dawson [C. E.] 1974:27, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 87 (no. 4); ref. 7504] About 1 kilometer south of Arembepe, about 12°45'S, 38°10'W, Bahia, Brazil, 0-1.3 meters. Holotype (unique): MZUSP 9408. •Valid as Micrognathus erugatus Herald & Dawson 1974 -- (Dawson 1982:685 [ref. 5441], Dawson 1982:31 [ref. 6764], Cervigón 1991:274 [ref. 24472], Fritzsche & Vincent 2003:1222 [ref. 27044], enezes & Moura in Menezes et al. 2003:71 [ref. 27192], Kuiter 2009:234 [ref. 30404], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Carvalho-Filho 2023:102 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Micrognathus erugatus Herald & Dawson 1974. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Venezuela to Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia (Brazil). Habitat: marine.