flavofasciatus, Syngnathus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:144 [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] El -Tor, north of Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, depth 0-9.1 meters. Neotype: USNM 214919. No types originally (based on a drawing); neotype designated by Dawson 1977:309 [ref. 7048]. •Valid as Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell 1838) -- (Dawson 1977:306 [ref. 7048], Dor 1984:75 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:87 [ref. 6441], Dawson 1985:39 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:415 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:19 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:100 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:500 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:90 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:147 [ref. 24106], Paulus 1999:2273 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:525 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:525 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:617 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:105 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:815 [ref. 29073], Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Fricke et al. 2009:36 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:192 [ref. 30404], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2018:122 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:48 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:30 [ref. 36883], Wada et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38521], Moots 2022:443 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell 1838). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Indonesia. Habitat: marine.