Species that contain: Corythoichthys and intestinalis and intestinalis [ 2 ] records

intestinalis, Syngnatus Ramsay [E. P.] 1881:494 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 18592] Duke of York Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands. Lectotype: AMS A.8871 [not I.8871]. Paralectotypes (questionable): AMS A.8833-35 (1 ea.) A.8840-70 (1 ea.), A.8872-81 (1 ea.); BMNH 1887.1.20.4 (1); QM I.434 (2). Genus should have been spelled Syngnathus. Lectotype selected by Dawson 1977:315 [ref. 7048] as AMS I.8871. •Valid as Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay 1881) -- (Dawson 1977:306 [ref. 7048], Dawson 1985:42 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:415 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:72 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:78 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:72 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:90 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:154 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Myers & Donaldson 2003:617 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:14 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:106 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:816 [ref. 29073], Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Kuiter 2009:202 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:189 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33932], Lourie 2016:142 [ref. 34505], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay 1881). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines east to Samoa, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

waitei, Corythroichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:212, Fig. 17 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51723 (female). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8725 (1), USNM 51723 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:60 [ref. 12291]. Original genus should have been Corythoichthys. •Synonym of Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay 1881) -- (Dawson 1977:310 [ref. 7048]). •Valid as Corythoichthys waitei Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Kuiter 2009:199 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2014:46 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys waitei Jordan & Seale 1906. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines east to Samoa, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.