Species that contain: Syngnathus and schlegeli [ 4 ] records

acusimilis, Syngnathus Günther [A.] 1873:380 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 12 (no. 71); ref. 18198] Chefoo, Shantung Province, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1873.9.23.28-31 (4). •Valid as Syngnathus acusimilis Günther 1873 -- (Berg 1949:986 [ref. 20662], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:748 [ref. 24702], Savvaitova 1998:113 [ref. 23594], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:184 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853 -- (Dawson 1985:189 [ref. 6541], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:9 [ref. 24670], Kuiter 2009:252 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:307 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:209 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:59 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: China and Russia. Habitat: freshwater.

schlegeli, Syngnathus Kaup [J. J.] 1853:232 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 19 (pt. 1); ref. 2569] Japan and China. Holotype (unique): RMNH. Non-type specimens: BMNH (1), MNHN 0000-6110 (2) China. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:47 [ref. 19576]. Appeared in 1953, not 2575:46, 75. The original description states that the description of the original specimen was a specimen belonging to the Leiden Museum. Schlegel says he has seen dried Chinese examples, and these are regarded as additional non-type material (Eddy Derijst and James Maclaine assisted WNE in this interpretation). •Valid as Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:87 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:189 [ref. 6541], Kim 1997:394 [ref. 24032], Nakabo 2000:523 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:57 [ref. 25480], Shimizu 2001:24 [ref. 25799], Kim & Park 2002:316 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:523 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:233, 555 [ref. 26218], Hagiwara 2003:37 [ref. 27188], Kuiter 2009:252 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:307 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:209 [ref. 33547] dated 1856, Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:59 [ref. 35138], Matsunuma 2017:395 [ref. 35141], Kim et al. 2020:87 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:37 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:34 [ref. 38804]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Sakhalin (Russia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

soldatovi, Syngnathus schlegeli Lindberg [G. U.] in Soldatov & Lindberg 1930:79, Fig. 22 [Izvestiia Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khoziaistva i Okeanografii [Proceedings, Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, TINRO, Moskva] v. 5; ref. 4164] Peter the Great Bay, Russia. Syntypes: ZIN 12611-12 (10, 11), 13115 (1). •Synonym of Syngnathus acusimilis Günther 1873 -- (Berg 1949:986 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853 -- (Dawson 1985:189 [ref. 6541], Kottelat 2013:307 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:209 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:59 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tenuirostris, Syngnathus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:273, Pl. 120 (fig. 5) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:195 [ref. 12876]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke 1837. •Synonym of Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853 -- (Kottelat 2013:307 [ref. 32989], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:59 [ref. 35138]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup 1853. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae.