Species that contain: Hippocampus and mohnikei [ 3 ] records

aterrimus, Hippocampus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:14, Pl. 9 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1241); ref. 2510] Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6516. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6737 (3), USNM 49811 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:61 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Kim & Lee 1995:77 [ref. 22284]). •Synonym of Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853 -- (Kuiter 2009:115 [ref. 30404]). •Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Hippocampus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:7 [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] Nagasaki, seas of Japan. Syntypes: RMNH D.1540 (1, stuffed), 3915 (5). Appeared first without distinguishing features in Kaup 1853:228 [ref. 2569]. Specimen catalog numbers changed on 4 Feb. 2013. •Valid as Hippocampus japonicus Kaup 1856 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:89 [ref. 6441], Kim & Lee 1995:76 [ref. 22284], Cheng & Zhou 1997:238 [ref. 26385], Gomon 1997:250 [ref. 22842], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:9 [ref. 24670], Shimizu 2001:24 [ref. 25799], Shinohara et al. 2001:313 [ref. 25995], Wang et al. 2001:198 [ref. 26566], Choi et al. 2003:233, 555 [ref. 26218] as Kaup 1853, Kuiter 2009:130 [ref. 30404], Parin et al. 2014:208 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:244 [ref. 23766], Lourie et al. 1999:115 [ref. 23993], Lourie et al. 2016:33 [ref. 34632]). Current status: Synonym of Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan Sea [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

mohnikei, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1853:16, Fig. 2 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 16922] Kaminoseki Island, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7259 (1 of 3). Appeared first without distinguishing features in Bleeker 1853:55 [ref. 340]. Variously spelled monickei, monckei, monikei, etc. by authors (Whitley & Allen 1958:39 [ref. 21838]). •Valid as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:244 [ref. 23766], Lourie et al. 1999:115 [ref. 23993], Nakabo 2000:534 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Kanou & Kohno 2001:361 [ref. 25792], Nakabo 2002:534 [ref. 26001], Kuiter 2009:115 [ref. 30404], Lourie 2016:107 [ref. 34505] dated 1854, Lourie et al. 2016:33 [ref. 34632], Zhang et al. 2016:385 [ref. 34762], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 2 [ref. 35615], Han et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35660], Kim et al. 2020:87 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37637], Stiller et al. 2022: Additional file p. 18 [ref. 39142], Yiu et al. 2022:457 [ref. 39562]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India east to South China Sea, north to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan). Habitat: marine.