postulus, Synchiropus Smith [J. L. B.] 1963:560, Fig. 7; Pl. 86 (fig. E) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 28; ref. 4129] Ibo, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 157. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 122 (1), missing 2. Type catalog: Fricke 1982:77 [ref. 5432]. •Valid as Synchiropus postulus Smith 1963 -- (Fricke 1981:116 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:77 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:658 [ref. 8349], Fricke 1986:774 [ref. 5653], Fricke 2002:64 [ref. 26547], Fricke et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33442], Fricke & Anderson 2022:464 [ref. 39659]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus postulus Smith 1963. Callionymidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Tanzania, east to Oman, Aldabra (Seychelles) and Mauritius. Habitat: marine.