camelopardalis, Hippocampus Bianconi [G. G.] 1854:68 [Rendiconto delle Sessioni dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Instituto dei Bologna 1853-1854 (for 11 May 1854); ref. 17949] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. but see BMNH 1920.12.6.2. Name also appeared in Bianconi 1854:223 [ref. 295] and Bianconi 1855:145 [ref. 26452] with figure. •Valid as Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi 1854 -- (Gomon 1997:250 [ref. 22842], Lourie et al. 1999:83 [ref. 23993], Fricke 1999:151 [ref. 24106] as cameleopardalis, Kuiter 2009:121 [ref. 30404] dated 1855, Lourie 2016:102 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34632], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:124 [ref. 35805], Short et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36532], Moots 2022:467 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi 1854. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mozambique east to Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius (western Mascarenes). Habitat: marine.