breviceps, Siokunichthys Smith [J. L. B.] 1963:525, Pl. 80 (figs. J-M) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 27; ref. 6516] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 150. Paratypes: GCRL 15962 (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 932 (2), USNM 197703 (1). •Valid as Siokunichthys breviceps Smith 1963 -- (Dawson 1983:56 [ref. 5351], Dawson 1985:166 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:428 [ref. 12442], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:56 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:840 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:270 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:211 [ref. 31980], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Moots 2022:489 [ref. 39722], Allen & Erdmann 2024:229 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Siokunichthys breviceps Smith 1963. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique; Indonesia east to Philippines, south to Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.