paulus, Doryrhamphus Fritzsche [R. A.] 1980:189, Fig. 4B [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 42 (no. 6); ref. 1511] About 100 meters southeast of "Humpback Cove", Isla Socorro, Revilla Gigedo [Revillagigedo] Islands, off western Mexico, depth 6-12 meters. Holotype: SIO 72-67. Paratypes: CAS 13699 (9); GCRL 15753 [ex SIO 58-143] (1); LACM 31781-2 (3), 31782-12 (5); SIO 72-67 (6), 74-155 (2); CAS-SU 36442 (1), 67255 (1). •Possibly valid as Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche 1980 -- (Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 18, 20 [ref. 39142]). •Synonym of Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup 1856, but a valid subspecies paulus -- (Dawson 1981:10 [ref. 5511], Dawson 1985:61 [ref. 6541], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:285 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:65 [ref. 25640], Randall 2005:107 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:161 [ref. 30952] with comment, Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615]). •Valid as Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche 1980 -- (Kuiter 2009:176 [ref. 30404], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923]). Current status: Valid as Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche 1980. Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico) endemic. Habitat: marine.