altivelis, Callionymus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:155, Pl. 79 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1012 (dry). Paralectotypes: RMNH 2077 (1). Type information: Boeseman 1947:133 [ref. 12876]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:134 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Foetorepus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:343 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:607, 733 [ref. 8056], Nakabo 1987:340 [ref. 6375], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:542 [ref. 27969] as altivelus, Nakabo 2000:1127 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1127 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:390, 652 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:438 [ref. 28370], Kottelat 2013:385 [ref. 32989], Shinohara et al. 2014:271 [ref. 33330], Kim et al. 2020:167 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:101 [ref. 37637]). •Valid as Synchiropus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:229 [ref. 7348], Fricke 1981:55 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:75 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:576 [ref. 8349], Allen & Swainston 1988:132 [ref. 25477], Fricke 1993:371 [ref. 22077], Lee & Kim 1993:8 [ref. 23164], Allen 1997:212 [ref. 23977], Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Fricke 2000:66 [ref. 25197], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:331 [ref. 25995], Fricke 2002:52 [ref. 26547], Psomadakis et al. 2020:545 [ref. 37272] as cf. altivelis). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Callionymidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.