Species Solenostomus leptosoma Tanaka, 1908
Delicate Ghost Pipefish, Delicate Ghostpipefish
- Solenostomus leptosoma Tanaka, S. 1908. Descriptions of eight new species of fishes from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 7(1): 27-47 figs 1-2 [29] [derivation from the Greek leptos = slender + soma = body, treated by the author as a noun].
Type data:
Holotype ZIUT 1784 (lost), Yodomi, Sagami Sea, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Solenichthys leptosomus (Tanaka, 1908) [generic name an unnecessary replacement name for Solenostomus]. —
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] [93]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (471, changed combination cited)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Solenostomus leptosomus Tanaka, 1908 [treated name as an adjective]. —
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. - Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770). —
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [82, in part upper fig.]
Introduction
There is little documentation of the distribution of the species in Australia and no specimens from Australia have been identified as this species. Occurrence in Australia is based on Allen & Erdmann (2012) and Kuiter (2009). Some workers included Solenostomus leptosoma as a junior synonym of S. paradoxus (see Kuiter 1993). Orr & Fritsche (1993) treated the species as of uncertain status. Orr et al (2002) also did not recognise S. leptosoma and regarded the usage by Kuiter (2000) for S. leptosoma as based on an undescribed species. Consequently the name used here is tentative.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Australia, poorly known; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, rubble bottom, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
0-95m
General References
Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [302] (as Solenostomus leptosomus)
Orr, J.W., Fritzsche, R.A. & Randall, J.E. 2002. Solenostomus halimeda, a new species of ghost pipefish (Teleostei: Gasterosteiformes) from the Indo-Pacific, with a revised key to the known species of the family Solenostomidae. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 5(3): 99-108 [105]
Senou, H. 1994. A review of the ghost pipefishes, genus Solenostomus (Teleostei: Solenostomatidae) from Japan. I.O.P. Diving News 5(6): 2-6 [in Japanese] [4]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [183] (Delicate Ghost Pipefish)
Fishbase 2012. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org. (Delicate Ghostpipefish)
Kuiter, R.H. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 1. Australia : Zoonetics pp. 1-302. (Delicate Ghostpipefish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 26-Apr-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 25-Jun-2015 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 11-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |