moyeri, Synchiropus (Synchiropus) Zaiser [M. J.] & Fricke [R.] 1985:389, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 31 (no. 4); ref. 5267] Igaya Bay, Miyake-jima, Japan, 34°06'N, 139°28'E, depth 12 meters. Holotype: USNM 26773. Paratypes: AMS I.24794-001 (1), I.24795-001 (1); BMNH 1984.11.6.4-5 (2); CAS 55654 (1); MNHN 1984-0704 to 0705 (1, 1); NSMT-P 23213-14 (1, 1); NTM (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 21638-399 (1, 1); NSMT-P 29833 [was TMBS 820821] (1); USNM 26771-72 (1, 1); WAM P.28366-001 (1); ZIN 47203 (1); ZMB 31446-47 (1, 1); ZMH 6603 (1); ZUMT 54586 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:38 [ref. 19335], Moyer & Matsuura 1991:82 [ref. 19927], Fricke & Paepke 1992:97 [ref. 20293], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:419 [ref. 21161], Moore et al. 2008:42 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Neosynchiropus moyeri (Zaiser & Fricke 1985) -- (Nakabo 2000:1130 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1130 [ref. 26193], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2010:65 [ref. 31555], Koeda et al. 2016:86 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38521], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094]). •Valid as Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & Fricke 1985 -- (Myers 1999:232 [ref. 23965], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:60 [ref. 26547], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Allen & Erdmann 2012:852 [ref. 31980], Fricke 2016:50 [ref. 34468], Fricke 2016:8 [ref. 34659], Fricke et al. 2019:265 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & Fricke 1985. Callionymidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: central Indonesia east to Palau, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Izu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Possibly east to Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.