cuncalus, Syngnathus Hamilton [F.] 1822:12, 362 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Estuaries near Calcutta, India. No types known. •Valid as Doryichthys cuncalus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:37 [ref. 24860]). •Valid as Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Dawson 1984:147 [ref. 5879], Dawson 1985:136 [ref. 6541], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:770 [ref. 20764], Arunachalam et al. 1998:129 [ref. 24986], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:52 [ref. 31338], Kuiter 2009:274 [ref. 30404], Kottelat 2013:306 [ref. 32989], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 4 [ref. 35615], Moots 2022:481 [ref. 39722], Haÿ et al. 2023:22 [ref. 40264]). Current status: Valid as Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton 1822). Syngnathidae: Nerophinae. Distribution: South Asia: India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.