mohnikei, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1853:16, Fig. 2 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 16922] Kaminoseki Island, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7259 (1 of 3). Appeared first without distinguishing features in Bleeker 1853:55 [ref. 340]. Variously spelled monickei, monckei, monikei, etc. by authors (Whitley & Allen 1958:39 [ref. 21838]). •Valid as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:244 [ref. 23766], Lourie et al. 1999:115 [ref. 23993], Nakabo 2000:534 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Kanou & Kohno 2001:361 [ref. 25792], Nakabo 2002:534 [ref. 26001], Kuiter 2009:115 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:107 [ref. 34505] dated 1854, Lourie et al. 2016:33 [ref. 34632], Zhang et al. 2016:385 [ref. 34762], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Han et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35660], Kim et al. 2020:87 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37637], Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 18 [ref. 39142], Yiu et al. 2022:457 [ref. 39562]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India east to South China Sea, north to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan). Habitat: marine.