H. pontohi Lourie & Kuiter 2008

English common name. Pontoh’s Pygmy Seahorse Synonyms. H. severnsi Lourie and Kuiter 2008 .

Distribution. Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, USA (Northern Mariana Islands).

Holtoype: MZB 13593. Paratypes: MZB 13596, 13597.

Type locality. Bunaken, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Notes. H. severnsi is considered a synonym based on the fact that its original description (Lourie & Kuiter

2008) does not include distinct morphological characters (colour only) (Appendix L). Recent genetic analyses

confirm this synonymy (H. Hamilton, in litt. to SL and RP, 13 Feb 2015).