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Species in the genus Acentronura: [ 6 ] records

algensis, Syngnathoides Fourmanoir [P.] 1955:210 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série A, Biologie Animale v. 9; ref. 12271] Dzaoudzi, Mayotte Island, Comoros (France) No types known. •Synonym of Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870 -- (Dawson 1985:17 [ref. 6541], Short & Trnski 2021:823 [ref. 38639]). •Synonym of Acentronura mossambica Smith 1963. Current status: Synonym of Acentronura mossambica Smith 1963. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

breviperula, Acentronura Fraser-Brunner [A.] & Whitley [G. P.] 1949:148, Fig. 1 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 13010] Mabuiag, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1890.1.14.51. •Synonym of Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870 -- (Dawson 1985:17 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:412 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:812 [ref. 29073]). •Valid as Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley 1949 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830] as brevipercula, Fricke 2004:8 [ref. 28269], Kuiter 2009:144 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:185 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33932], Lourie 2016:155 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36673], Short & Trnski 2021:818 [ref. 38639]). Current status: Valid as Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley 1949. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar, western Thailand and Indonesia, Taiwan, east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

germani, Atelurus Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:584 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Cochinchine [? southern Vietnam]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6024. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:51 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Dawson 1985:17 [ref. 6541], Short & Trnski 2021:818 [ref. 38639]). Current status: Synonym of Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

gracilissimus, Hippocampus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:274, Pl. 120 (fig. 6) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3927a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24703 [ex RMNH 3927] (5). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:196 [ref. 12876]. Spelled gracillimus in index (p. 322) and on Plate 120; first reviser not researched. •Valid as Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:89 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:17 [ref. 6541], Senou et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24335], Myers 1999:89 [ref. 23965], Lourie et al. 1999:168 [ref. 23993], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:533 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:533 [ref. 26001], Kuiter 2009:143 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:155 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Sonoyama et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37637], Short & Trnski 2021:818 [ref. 38639]). Current status: Valid as Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia, Indochina, South China Sea to Japan. Habitat: marine.

mossambica, Acentronura Smith [J. L. B.] 1963:522, Pl. 76 (figs. F-G) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 27; ref. 6516] Inhaca, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 139. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 136 (1), 931 (orig. 5, now 4); GCRL 15961 [ex RUSI] (1). •Synonym of Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870 -- (Dawson 1985:17 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:447 [ref. 5650], Short & Trnski 2021:823 [ref. 38639]). •Valid as Acentronura mossambica Smith 1963 -- (Kuiter 2009:145 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:155 [ref. 34505], Fricke et al. 2018:120 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:132 [ref. 37020], Moots 2022:437 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Acentronura mossambica Smith 1963. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique north to Persian Gulf, including Comoro Islands. Habitat: marine.

tentaculata, Acentronura Günther [A.] 1870:516 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Gulf of Suez, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1869.6.21.7. •Valid as Idiotropiscis tentaculata (Günther 1870) -- (Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 22 [ref. 39142]). •Valid as Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870 -- (Dor 1984:75 [ref. 29757], Dawson 1985:17 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:447 [ref. 5650], Paxton et al. 1989:412 [ref. 12442], Senou et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24335], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:99 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:132 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:74 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:499 [ref. 25919], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:533 [ref. 25086], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2002:533 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Paxton et al. 2006:812 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:142 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:155 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Golani & Fricke 2018:48 [ref. 36273], Short & Trnski 2021:823 [ref. 38639], Moots 2022:437 [ref. 39722], Yuki & Motomura 2024:54 [ref. 40829]). Current status: Valid as Acentronura tentaculata Günther 1870. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.