morrisoni, Synchiropus Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:409, Fig. 132 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Lagoon coral head off Arji Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific, depth 20-40 feet. Holotype (unique): USNM 141126. Type catalog: Fricke 1982:77 [ref. 5432]. Neosynchiropus Nakabo 1982 is preoccupied by Neosynchiropus Nalbant 1979 in the same family. May use Synchiropus or Neosynchiropus; authors differ. •Valid as Neosynchiropus morrisoni (Schultz 1960) -- (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:343 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1129 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1129 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Bray 2006:1585 [ref. 29000], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2010:65 [ref. 31555]). •Valid as Synchiropus morrisoni Schultz 1960 -- (Fricke 1981:98 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:77 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:630 [ref. 8349], Allen & Swainston 1988:132 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:388 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:212 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:232 [ref. 23965], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Fricke 2002:60 [ref. 26547], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:509 [ref. 28239], Fricke 2006:12 [ref. 28872], Shao et al. 2008:260 [ref. 29952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:10 [ref. 31759], Allen & Erdmann 2012:851 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus morrisoni Schultz 1960. Callionymidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines north to Japan, south to Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia to Micronesia and Samoa. Habitat: marine.