alatus, Hippocampus Kuiter [R. H.] 2001:317, Fig. 25 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 53; ref. 25900] East coast of Cape York, Queensland, 11°37'S, 142°56'E, depth 16-18 meters. Holotype: AMS I20771-102. Paratypes: AMS I.15557-077 (1); NTM S10959-001 (1), S11580-003 (1), S13267-004 (1); QM I.27965 (1), I.30556 (1); WAM P.28003-001 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:16 [ref. 30117]. •Synonym of Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber 1913 -- (Lourie et al. 2016:40 [ref. 34632]). •Valid as Hippocampus alatus Kuiter 2001 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:825 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:100 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:199 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32988], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Allen & Erdmann 2024:218 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus alatus Kuiter 2001. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Philippines south to Papua New Guinea, Wester, Australia and Gulf of Carpentaria/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.