punctulatus, Hippocampus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:14, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] Gold Coast, West Africa. Holotype (unique): RMNH 1547. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot 1853, replaced by Hippocampus kaupii Duméril 1870. •Synonym of Hippocampus algiricus Kaup 1856 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:71 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34632]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus algiricus Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.