Species that contain: Microphis and ocellatus [ 2 ] records

ocellatus, Doryichthys Duncker [G.] 1910:28, Pl. (fig. A) [Spolia Zeylanica v. 7 (pt 25); ref. 14841] Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (17) ?ZSI F10073/1 (1) Ganjain near Valvello; other syntypes apparently lost. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:140 [ref. 20743]. Original types: Colombo Mus. (1), ZMB 11559 (6) and 11560 (9 or 10). •Valid as Lophocampus ocellatus (Duncker 1910) -- (Kottelat 2013:305 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492], Keith et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38257]). •Valid as Microphis ocellatus (Duncker 1910) -- (Dawson 1984:172 [ref. 5879] with remarks on types, Dawson 1985:134 [ref. 6541], Pethiyagoda 1991:201 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:773 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:100 [ref. 23448], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Kuiter 2009:276 [ref. 30404], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Moots 2022:483 [ref. 39722], Haÿ et al. 2023:22 [ref. 40264]). Current status: Valid as Lophocampus ocellatus (Duncker 1910). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka to western Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ocellatus, Microphis Snyder [J. O.] 1909:598 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62946. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21133 (1), USNM 74536 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:61 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther 1870) -- (Dawson 1976:53 [ref. 7375], Dawson 1985:34 [ref. 6541], Kuiter 2009:229 [ref. 30404], Moots 2022:440 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Synonym of Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther 1870). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Habitat: marine.