Species that contain: Synchiropus and moyeri [ 2 ] records

moyeri, Synchiropus (Synchiropus) Zaiser [M. J.] & Fricke [R.] 1985:389, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 31 (no. 4); ref. 5267] Igaya Bay, Miyake-jima, Japan, 34°06'N, 139°28'E, depth 12 meters. Holotype: USNM 26773. Paratypes: AMS I.24794-001 (1), I.24795-001 (1); BMNH 1984.11.6.4-5 (2); CAS 55654 (1); MNHN 1984-0704 to 0705 (1, 1); NSMT-P 23213-14 (1, 1); NTM (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 21638-399 (1, 1); NSMT-P 29833 [was TMBS 820821] (1); USNM 26771-72 (1, 1); WAM P.28366-001 (1); ZIN 47203 (1); ZMB 31446-47 (1, 1); ZMH 6603 (1); ZUMT 54586 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:38 [ref. 19335], Moyer & Matsuura 1991:82 [ref. 19927], Fricke & Paepke 1992:97 [ref. 20293], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:419 [ref. 21161], Moore et al. 2008:42 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Neosynchiropus moyeri (Zaiser & Fricke 1985) -- (Nakabo 2000:1130 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1130 [ref. 26193], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2010:65 [ref. 31555], Koeda et al. 2016:86 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38521], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094]). •Valid as Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & Fricke 1985 -- (Myers 1999:232 [ref. 23965], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:60 [ref. 26547], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Allen & Erdmann 2012:852 [ref. 31980], Fricke 2016:50 [ref. 34468], Fricke 2016:8 [ref. 34659], Fricke et al. 2019:265 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & Fricke 1985. Callionymidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: central Indonesia east to Palau, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Izu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Possibly east to Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Callionymus Pallas [P. S.] 1770:25, Pl. 4 (figs. 1-3) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] [Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia.] Neotype locality: Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Island, 10°19'S, 123°57'E, Santa Rosa, Philippines. Neotype: SMNS 21263. Type catalog: Fricke 1982:77 [ref. 5432], Fricke 2005:21 [ref. 29864]. Neosynchiropus Nakabo 1982 is preoccupied by Neosynchiropus Nalbant 1979 in the same family. Neotype designated by Fricke 2000:32 [ref. 29157]. May use Synchiropus or Neosynchiropus; authors differ. •Valid as Neosynchiropus ocellatus (Pallas 1770) -- (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:343 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 1991:2 [ref. 24604], Nakabo 2000:1130 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1130 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Bray 2006:1585 [ref. 29000], Motomura et al. 2010:201 [ref. 31256], Iwatsubo & Motomura 2010:69 [ref. 31555]). •Valid as Synchiropus ocellatus (Pallas 1770) -- (Fricke 1981:90 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:77 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:635 [ref. 8349], Randall et al. 1990:389 [ref. 15987], Fricke 1993:374 [ref. 22077], Kuiter 1993:343 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:389 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:232 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:747 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:401 [ref. 25191], Fricke 2000:31 [ref. 25197], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:61 [ref. 26547], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:509 [ref. 28239], Fricke 2006:12 [ref. 28872], Fricke et al. 2014:155 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke 2016:50 [ref. 34468], Fricke 2016:9 [ref. 34659], Fricke 2017:183 [ref. 35548]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus ocellatus (Pallas 1770). Callionymidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Philippines, Palau, Chuuk (Federated States of Micronesia) and Pitcairn, north to Izu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Records from eastern Mariana and Marshall Islands apparently based on S. moyeri. Habitat: marine.