ocellatus, Corythoichthys Herald [E. S.] in Schultz et al. 1953:267, fig. 41a [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomon Islands. Holotype: CAS 20029. Paratypes: CAS 19932-36 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2); CAS-SU 15432 (2); USNM 152018 (1). •Valid as Corythoichthys ocellatus Herald 1953 -- (Dawson 1977:316 [ref. 7048], Dawson 1985:44 [ref. 6541], Paxton et al. 1989:415 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1997:500 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:90 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2270 [ref. 24794], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:155 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:17 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:106 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:816 [ref. 29073], Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Kuiter 2009:199 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:190 [ref. 31980], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Fricke et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys ocellatus Herald 1953. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea east to Samoa, south to eastern Australia. Habitat: marine.