bargibanti, Hippocampus Whitley [G. P.] 1970:294 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 94 (3) No. 421; ref. 19119] Nouméa, New Caledonia, depth 30 meters. Lectotype: AMS I.15418-001. Paralectotypes: AMS I.15418-002 (1). Whitley mentioned that the type was in the Australian Museum, but 2 specimens were involved from the same locality; Gomon 1997:249 [ref. 22842] designated a lectotype. •Valid as Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley 1970 -- (Gomon 1997:249 [ref. 22842], Randall et al. 1997:501 [ref. 25919], Lourie et al. 1999:77 [ref. 23993], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:158 [ref. 25191], Kuiter 2001:305 [ref. 25900], Horne 2001:245 [ref. 25696], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Lourie & Randall 2003:284 [ref. 27038], Kuiter 2003:116 [ref. 27123], Fricke 2004:33 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:110 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:825 [ref. 29073], Shao et al. 2008:245 [ref. 29952], Lourie & Kuiter 2008:54 [ref. 29944], Gomon & Kuiter 2009:38 [ref. 30036], Kuiter 2009:138 [ref. 30404], Motomura et al. 2010:86 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Reijnen et al. 2011:2 [ref. 33436], Foster et al. 2012:56 [ref. 31765], Allen & Erdmann 2012:200 [ref. 31980], Laurie 2016:74 [ref. 34505], Lourie et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34632], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Han et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35660], Short et al. 2018:46 [ref. 36055], Fricke et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36673], Short et al. 2020:154 [ref. 37526], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935], Sato et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40949], Allen & Erdmann 2024:219 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley 1970. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.