minutulus, Synchiropus (Synchiropus) Fricke [R.] 1981:119, Fig. 38 [v. 1; ref. 1499] Southwest of Mafilifleuri, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Holotype: FMNH 78973. Paratypes: ROM 36863 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1982:76 [ref. 5432], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:82 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Synchiropus minutulus Fricke 1981 -- (Fricke 1982:76 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:624 [ref. 8349], Winterbottom et al. 1989:62 [ref. 13251], Fricke 2002:59 [ref. 26547], Fricke et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33442], Fricke & Anderson 2022:463 [ref. 39659]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus minutulus Fricke 1981. Callionymidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.