mossambicus, Syngnathus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:465 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Lumbo, Mozambique. Holotype (unique): ZMB 6235. Also described as new in Peters 1855:277 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker 1854) -- (Dawson 1978:150 [ref. 7026], Dawson 1986:452 [ref. 5650], Kottelat 2013:303 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hippichthys cyanospilus (Bleeker 1854) -- (Dawson 1985:97 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:283 [ref. 6201], Kuiter 2009:279 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Synonym of Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker 1854). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.