leiaspis, Syngnathus Bleeker [P.] 1854:20 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 6); ref. 16914] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 7252 (1, damaged). •Valid as Coelonotus leiaspis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:85 [ref. 6441], Kottelat 2013:302 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:87 [ref. 34492], Akaike et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38809], Keith et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38257], Haÿ et al. 2022:276 [ref. 39015]). •Valid as Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Dawson 1984:130 [ref. 5879], Dawson 1985:132 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:285 [ref. 6201], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:450 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:109 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:100 [ref. 23448], Paulus 1999:2271 [ref. 24794], Nakabo 2000:527 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Allen et al. 2000:89 [ref. 27467], Sakai et al. 2001:91 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:527 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Fricke 2004:51 [ref. 28269], Kuiter 2009:272 [ref. 30404], Yonezawa et al. 2010:252 [ref. 30902], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Haÿ et al. 2023:24 [ref. 40264], Jamandre 2023:175 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Coelonotus leiaspis (Bleeker 1854). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.