wassi, Festucalex Dawson [C. E.] 1977:635, Figs. 11 (bottom), 13 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 4); ref. 1066] Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Holotype: BPBM 18716. Paratypes: BPBM 20325 (1), GCRL 14899 (1), USNM 216311 (1). •Valid as Festucalex wassi Dawson 1977 -- (Dawson 1985:73 [ref. 6541], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Fricke 2004:28 [ref. 28269], Kuiter 2009:208 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2015:51 [ref. 33644], Prokofiev 2016:624 [ref. 34850], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Yuki et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41416]). Current status: Valid as Festucalex wassi Dawson 1977. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. southern Japan; Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia east to American Samoa. IUCN (2016): Data deficient. Habitat: marine.