laddi, Synchiropus Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:406, Fig. 131 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Ocean reef off Bikini Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 141127. Paratypes: USNM 141128-31 (2, 1, 2, 1), 141132 (8). Type catalog: Fricke 1982:76 [ref. 5432]. May use Minysynchiropus or Synchiropus; authors differ. •Valid as Synchiropus laddi Schultz 1960 -- (Fricke 1981:124 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:76 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:608 [ref. 8349], Myers 1999:232 [ref. 23965], Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:57 [ref. 26547], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Allen & Erdmann 2012:851 [ref. 31980]). •Valid as Minysynchiropus laddi (Schultz 1960) based on status of Minysynchiropus. Current status: Valid as Synchiropus laddi Schultz 1960. Callionymidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Palau, Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Islands. Habitat: marine.