lateralis, Callionymus Richardson [J.] 1844:65, Pl. 37 (figs. 5-6) [Ichthyology.--Part 1. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 3739] "Pacific" [probably Hong Kong]. Holotype: BMNH 1844.9.11.35. Type catalog: Fricke 1982:76 [ref. 5432]. •Synonym of Synchiropus lineolatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Fricke 1981:77 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:76 [ref. 5432]). •Valid as Synchiropus lateralis (Richardson 1844) -- (Fricke 1983:611 [ref. 8349] in error for lineolatus, Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:58 [ref. 26547], Ng & Rainboth 2011:67 [ref. 31577], Ng 2012:27 [ref. 31795] as not in Singapore, Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:250 [ref. 36460] as leteralis). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus lateralis (Richardson 1844). Callionymidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Singapore, Gulf of Thailand and Vietnam to southern China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.