Species Kimblaeus bassensis Dawson, 1980

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• Kimblaeus bassensis Dawson, C.E. 1980. Kimblaeus, a new pipefish genus (Syngnathiformes : Syngnathidae) from Australia, with a key to genera of pipefishes with continuous superior ridges. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31(4): 517-523 figs 1-3 [518, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV A.644 (presumably female), Tasman Sea, VIC [38°10´S, 148°11´E].
  Paratype(s) NMV A.645 (juvenile or female), south of Waratah Bay, eastern Bass Strait, VIC, 69m [39°10'06"S, 145°59'48"E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Nowra, NSW (35º00'S, 151º06'E) to east of Maria Island, TAS (42º36'S, 148º10'E) and west to central Bass Strait (39º46'S, 145º33'E), VIC, possibly west to Port Lincoln, SA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, rubble bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

10-204m

 

General References

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. [108]

Dawson, C.E. 1994. Family Syngnathidae. pp. 440-475 figs 391-426 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [454]

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [142]

Kuiter, R.H. 2008. Syngnathidae. pp. 448-479 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [462]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [226]

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. [832]

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. [423]

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [454] (Bass Strait Pipefish)

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [142] (Trawl Pipefish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Trawl Pipefish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	04-Oct-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015	SYNGNATHIFORMES	20-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED