suezensis, Hippocampus Duncker [G.] 1940:86 [Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al-Ghardaqa (Red Sea) No. 3; ref. 1157] Suez, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (2) MBSH (apparently lost), ZMH (apparently lost). •Synonym of Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:103 [ref. 23993] with question, Mehanna & Al-Mahdawi 2006:124 [ref. 36858], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus suezensis Duncker 1940 -- (Dor 1984:78 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Kuiter 2009:118 [ref. 30404], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:64 [ref. 35264], Jawad et al. 2011:147 [ref. 31521], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Golani & Fricke 2018:51 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36871], Moots 2022:472 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus suezensis Duncker 1940. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen) and Oman east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.
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