brachyrhynchus, Hippocampus Duncker [G.] 1914:295 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 10 (pt 5, art. 18); ref. 14148] India. Syntypes: ZSI F8508 (9), ?F8539/1 (1) Rambha Bay, F14299 (1) Mekran Coast. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:140 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Hippocampus brachyrhynchus Duncker 1914 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:767 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:95 [ref. 23993]). •Questionable synonym of Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell 1838 -- (Kuiter 2009:18 [ref. 30404]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.