punctulatus, Hippocampus Guichenot [A.] 1853:174, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Sagra, R. de la, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba; ref. 18164] Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6092 (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:52 [ref. 19576]. •Valid as Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot 1853 -- (Dawson 1990:660 [ref. 17542], Afonso et al. 1999:71 [ref. 25466]). •Synonym of Hippocampus erectus Perry 1810 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:91 [ref. 23993], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:235 [ref. 24550], Piacentino & Luzzatto 2004:339 [ref. 28610], Kuiter 2009:19 [ref. 30404], Silveira et al. 2014:320 [ref. 33493], Lourie et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus erectus Perry 1810. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Australia (if valid). Habitat: marine.