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Species Corythoichthys paxtoni Dawson, 1977

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Species Corythoichthys paxtoni Dawson, 1977

Paxton's Pipefish

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM I.18598–001, One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, QLD. 0.6-1.8m.
    Paralectotype(s) GCRL 14473, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD;
    Paratype(s) AM I.15617-001, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AM I.15686-005, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AM I.18246-001, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AM I.18595-001, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AM I.18596-001, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AM I.18597-001, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; BPBM 14442, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; CAS 13729, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; GCRL 14469, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; LACM 33723-75, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; USNM 214978 (Taken with hoolotype), One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; USNM 214983, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; ANSP 119431, Endeavor Reef, QLD; ANSP 119434, Endeavor Reef, QLD; ANSP 119435, Endeavor Reef, QLD; CAS 13845, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; GCRL 14470 (Taken with holotype), One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; GCRL 14471, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; GCRL 14472, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; USNM 214984, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; USNM 214980, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; USNM 214977, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; USNM 215979, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AMNH 33948, Little Hope Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AMNH 33958, Little Hope Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AMNH 33907, Little Hope Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD; AMNH 33929, Endeavor Reef, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island (14º41'S, 145°27'E) to Lady Musgrave Island (23º55´S, 152º24'E), QLD; tropical, south-west Pacific (New Caledonia)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

1-30m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2008. Corythoichthys Benedetto, a new pipefish (Pisces: Syngnathidae) from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology [formerly Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology] 13(3-4): 121-126 [122]

Dawson, C.E. 1977. Review of the pipefish genus Corythoichthys with description of three new species. Copeia 1977(2): 295-338 figs 1-21

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. [45]

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2008. Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [375]

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [118]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [202]

Paulus, T. 1999. Family Syngnathidae. pp. 2264-2276 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2270]

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. [816]

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. [415]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017 SYNGNATHIFORMES 28-Apr-2017 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015 SYNGNATHIFORMES 18-Aug-2014 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED