taeniopterus, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1852:306 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852 -- (Horne 2001:245 [ref. 25696], Kuiter 2001:314 [ref. 25900], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:42 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:828 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:112 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:206 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:47 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea east to Fiji, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.