caribbaeus, Syngnathus Dawson [C. E.] 1979:672, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 92 (no. 4); ref. 1069] Fox Bay, Colón, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype: USNM 79703. Paratypes: FMNH 8302 [ex USNM 79669] (1, not found), 8304 (1), 8305 (1), 8306-07 (1, 1); GCRL 1956 (1), 14541 (1), 15524-25 (2, 1); USNM 79697 (1), 79701 (2). •Valid as Syngnathus caribbaeus Dawson 1979 -- (Dawson 1982:108 [ref. 6764], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:201 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1991:272 [ref. 24472], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:232 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:155 [ref. 27754], Fritzsche & Vincent 2003:1222 [ref. 27044], Smith et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:36 [ref. 33341], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Carvalho-Filho 2023:103 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus caribbaeus Dawson 1979. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Cuba and Belize south to São Paulo (Brazil). Habitat: marine.