deokhatoides, Syngnathus Bleeker [P.] 1854:17 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 6); ref. 16914] Palembang, eastern Sumatra, Indonesia; Pontianak, western Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1867.11.28.356 (1), RMNH 7242 (2), ZMA 115989 (1). Original as deokhatoïdes. •Valid as Doryichthys deokhatoides (Bleeker 1854) -- (Dawson 1981:4 [ref. 5527], Dawson 1985:56 [ref. 6541], Roberts 1989:159 [ref. 6439], Kottelat et al. 1993:98 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:244 [ref. 23210], Kottelat 1998:109 [ref. 23436], Ng & Tan 1999:363 [ref. 24159], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Kottelat 2000:78 [ref. 25040], Grinang & Lim 2004:291 [ref. 28551], Kuiter 2009:281 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:302 [ref. 32989], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Sulaiman et al. 2018:35 [ref. 35802], Ng et al. 2019:532 [ref. 36606], Taki et al. 2021:338 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Microphis deokhatoides (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ahmad et al. 2023:118 [ref. 41243], Haÿ et al. 2023:24 [ref. 40264]). Current status: Valid as Microphis deokhatoides (Bleeker 1854). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia), Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo to Mekong River basin, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.