Species that contain: Syngnathus and acus [ 8 ] records

acus, Syngnathus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:337 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.184 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:216-217 [ref. 13434]. •Valid as Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Wheeler 1973:274 [ref. 7190], Dawson 1985:183 [ref. 6541], Dawson in Whitehead et al. 1986:635 [ref. 13676], Dawson 1986:457 [ref. 5650], Dawson 1986:287 [ref. 6201], Zheng 1989:298 [ref. 21202], Dawson 1990:663 [ref. 17542], Liang in Pan et al. 1991:341 [ref. 23876], Chen et al. 1997:35 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:237 [ref. 26385], Kottelat 1997:168 [ref. 22952], Santos et al. 1997:74 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:65 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:146 [ref. 24106], Wang et al. 2001:197 [ref. 26566], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:66 [ref. 26753], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:141 [ref. 28072] with change in range, Golani 2005:32 [ref. 37112], Fricke 2007:25 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:74 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:500 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:75 [ref. 30517], Kuiter 2009:244 [ref. 30404], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:37 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:209 [ref. 33547], Lourie 2016:147 [ref. 34505], Fritzsche 2016:2238 [ref. 34608], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 3 [ref. 35615], Gurkan & Innal 2018:241 [ref. 36182], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:177 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:113 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:66 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:35 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39014], Gus'kov et al. 2022:71 [ref. 39564], Ergüden & Ayas 2023:33 [ref. 40488]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: brackish, marine.

alternans, Syngnathus Günther [A.] 1870:162 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Seychelles. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.9.19.1395. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dawson 1985:183 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:287 [ref. 6201], Kottelat 1997:168 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brachyrhynchus, Syngnathus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:42 [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6133. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:46 [ref. 19576]. See Fricke 1999:147 [ref. 24106]. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dawson 1985:183 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:287 [ref. 6201], Kottelat 1997:168 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

delalandi, Syngnathus Kaup [J. J.] (ex Bribron) 1856:45 [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] Cape of Good Hope and Cape seas, South Africa. Syntypes: ZMB 4358 (now 1); MNHN 0000-6139 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:47 [ref. 19576] with a holotype. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dawson 1985:182 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:457 [ref. 5650], Dawson 1986:287 [ref. 6201], Kottelat 1997:168 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

heptagonus, Typhle Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:18 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Unneeded new name for Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:104 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

punctipinnis, Dermatostethus Gill [T. N.] 1862:283 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1667] San Diego, California, U.S.A. [apparently in error]. Lectotype: USNM 8128. Paralectotypes: (3) USNM 214484 [ex USNM 8128] (2). Genus misspelled Dermatosthus once. Lectotype selected by Fritzsche 1980:185 [ref. 1511]. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Fritzsche 1980;185 [ref. 1511]), Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rubescens, Syngnathus Risso [A.] 1810:66 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Wheeler 1973:274 [ref. 7190], Dawson 1985:183 [ref. 6541], Dawson in Whitehead et al. 1986:635 [ref. 13676], Dawson 1986:287 [ref. 6201], Dawson 1990:663 [ref. 17542], Kottelat 1997:168 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:66 [ref. 26753], Kuiter 2009:244 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

temminckii, Syngnathus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:36 [Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2575] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: RMNH 3876 (2, apparently lost). Type catalog: Dawson 1985:182 [ref. 6541]. •Synonym of Syngnathus acus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dawson 1985:182 [ref. 6541], Dawson 1986:457 [ref. 5650], Dawson 1986:287 [ref. 6201], Kottelat 1997:168 [ref. 22952]). •Valid as Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856 -- (Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:141 [ref. 28072], Kuiter 2009:252 [ref. 30404], Mwale et al. 2013:2058 [ref. 38388], Moots 2022:493 [ref. 39722]). Current status: Valid as Syngnathus temminckii Kaup 1856. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Walvis Bay (Namibia) south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: brackish, marine.