ocellatus, Doryichthys Duncker [G.] 1910:28, Pl. (fig. A) [Spolia Zeylanica v. 7 (pt 25); ref. 14841] Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (17) ?ZSI F10073/1 (1) Ganjain near Valvello; other syntypes apparently lost. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:140 [ref. 20743]. Original types: Colombo Mus. (1), ZMB 11559 (6) and 11560 (9 or 10). •Valid as Lophocampus ocellatus (Duncker 1910) -- (Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492], Keith et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38257]). •Valid as Microphis ocellatus (Duncker 1910) -- (Dawson 1984:172 [ref. 5879] with remarks on types, Dawson 1985:134 [ref. 6541], Pethiyagoda 1991:201 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:773 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:100 [ref. 23448], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Kuiter 2009:276 [ref. 30404], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Moots 2022:483 [ref. 39722], Haÿ et al. 2023:22 [ref. 40264]). Current status: Valid as Lophocampus ocellatus (Duncker 1910). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka to western Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.