brocki, Micrognathus Herald [E. S.] in Schultz et al. 1953:263, Figs. 39g, 40 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon in Amen Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, depth 30 feet. Holotype (unique): USNM 140235. •Valid as Halicampus brocki (Herald 1953) -- (Dawson 1985:80 [ref. 6541], Allen & Swainston 1988:46 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:418 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:74 [ref. 15987], Senou & Aizawa 1993:5 [ref. 24323], Allen 1997:72 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:351 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:74 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:94 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:530 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:530 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Fricke 2004:28 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:821 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:262 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242] Allen & Erdmann 2012:196 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:76 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:46 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Araki in Motomura et al. 2021:15 [ref. 38121], Wada et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38521], Allen & Erdmann 2024:214 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Halicampus brocki (Herald 1953). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.