orientalis, Callionymus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:41, Pl. 6 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype: ZMB (missing). Type catalog: Fricke 1982:78 [ref. 5432], Fricke & Paepke 1992:97 [ref. 20293]. •Questionably valid as Synchiropus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Fricke 1982:78 [ref. 5432]). Current status: Uncertain as Synchiropus orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Callionymidae. Habitat: marine.