natans, Micrognathus Dawson [C. E.] 1982:682, Figs. 12-13 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 95 (no. 4); ref. 5441] Beqa Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype: AMS I.20390-012. Paratypes: AMS I.19762-039 (1), I.20909-001 (1), I.20951-007 (1), I.21760-001 (7), I.21761-001 (1), I.22540-001 (1); GCRL 18136-37 (4, 7), 18237-38 (1, 5); USNM 133055 (1), 230673-74 (1, 1); ZMUC P39668-77 (10), P39678-99 (22?), P39700-02 (1, 1, 1). •Valid as Micrognathus natans Dawson 1982 -- (Dawson 1985:125 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:425 [ref. 12442], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:46 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:835 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:234 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:208 [ref. 31980], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Allen & Erdmann 2024:226 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Micrognathus natans Dawson 1982. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Philippines and Fiji, south to Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.