• Acentronura Kaup, J.J. 1853. Uebersicht der Lophobranchier. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 19(1): 226-234 [230] [originally proposed as subgenus of Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810].

  Type species:

   Hippocampus gracilissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 by monotypy.

Introduction

Dawson (1984) treated various subgenera of Acentronura. Subsequently Kuiter (2000) separated Idiotropiscis as a separate genus. Some workers have not followed that separation (Stewart 2015).

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SYNGNATHIDAE: Acentronura tentaculata Günther, 1870 [Kuiter (2000) considered A. tentaculata to be restricted to the Red Sea and misapplied to A. breviperula in Australia and we follow that work here] — Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [64] (restricted to Red Sea)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Dawson, C.E. 1984. A new pipehorse (Syngnathidae) from Western Australia, with remarks on the subgenera of Acentronura. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(2): 156-160 figs 1-3

Dawson, C.E. 1985. Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs (Mississippi) : Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 230 pp. 293 figs pl. 1.

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp.

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331.

Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Syngnathidae, Aulostomidae, Fistulariidae, Macroramphosidae. pp. 1050-1072 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.

History of changes

• Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner, A. & Whitley, G.P. 1949. A new pipefish from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(2): 148-150 figs 1-2 [148, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1890.1.14.51 (unique), Mabuiag, Torres Strait, QLD.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Acentronura tentaculata Günther, 1870 [a misidentification; A. breviperula was previously considered a synonym of A. tentaculata. Kuiter (2000) considers A. tentaculata to be endemic to the Red Sea, with A. breviperula being the correct name for the Australian species]. —
  Dawson, C.E. 1985. Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs (Mississippi) : Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 230 pp. 293 figs pl. 1.
  Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [63]

Introduction

Acentronura tentaculata had long been applied to this species in Australia. Kuiter (2000) regarded A. tentaculata as a Red Sea endemic, with A. breviperula the correct name for the Australian species and we follow that work here.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait (9º57'S, 142º11'E) to Bowen (20º01'S, 148º15'E), QLD, and possibly south to Moreton Bay (27º20'S, 153º18'E)(see Kuiter 2009); tropical, East-Indo West Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, seagrass.

Extra Ecological Information

2-40 m

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [185]

Dawson, C.E. 1985. Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs (Mississippi) : Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 230 pp. 293 figs pl. 1. [17] (as A. tentaculata)

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [74] (as A. tentaculata)

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [63]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [142] (in-situ photograph of specimen reported to be from Moreton Bay, QLD)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [91] (632; as A. tentaculata)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Syngnathidae. pp. 810-846 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [812] (as A. tentaculata)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [412] (As A. breviperula and A. tentaculata)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [499] (as A. tentaculata)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [38] (549; as A. tentaculata)

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [74] (Dwarf Pipehorse)

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [63] (Short-pouch Pygmy Pipehorse)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [91] (Northern Little Pipehorse)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse)

History of changes