phlegon, Syngnathus Risso [A.] 1827:181, Pl. 15 (fig. 41) [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Galicia, Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. •Mention as Syngnathus phlegon Risso 1827 -- (Dor 1984:80 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Syngnathus phlegon Risso 1827 -- (Wheeler 1973:275 [ref. 7190], Dawson in Whitehead et al. 1986:636 [ref. 13676], Goren & Dor 1994:20 [ref. 25356], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:67 [ref. 26753] dated 1826, Golani 2005:32 [ref. 37112] dated 1826, Fricke et al. 2007:74 [ref. 29533], Kuiter 2009:245 [ref. 30404], Bañon et al. 2010:14 [ref. 31029], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:37 [ref. 36649], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:177 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:66 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:35 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus phlegon Risso 1827. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) and Portugal south to northern Morocco, including Madeira. Habitat: marine.