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Species Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall, 1972)

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Species Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall, 1972)

Cleaner Pipefish, Janss Pipefish, Janss's Pipefish

  • Type data:
     Holotype CAS 14139 (male), south side of reef, Arrapu Point of Koror to Ho Island, Palau Islands, 0-50' [7°19'28"N, 134°30'12"E].
    Paratype(s) AM 16144-001 (Originally 3, now 2 - 2 male, 1 female), channel between Sanryo Island and Ngatkumer Island, Iwayama Bay, Palau Islands, 0-50'; ANSP 119933 (female), NE end of Little Hope Island, QLD, 5-8m; BPBM 11937 (1 male, 1 female), western tip of Ngargol Island, Palau Islands, 20-40' on coral; CAS 14140 (male), south side of reef, Arrapu Point of Koror to Ho Island, Palau Islands, 0-50' [7°19'28"N, 134°30'12"E]; CAS 14149 (2 females), W side of Goh Luem, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand, 0-15'; LACM 32123-1 (male), channel between Sanryo Island and Ngatkumer Island, Iwayama Bay, 0-50'; SMF 11425 (male), channel between Sanryo Island and Ngatkumer Island, Iwayama Bay, 0-50'; USNM 206654 (No 1 male, 1 female), Thailand; CAS 14141 (male), south entrance to small bay on west side of Ngalab Point, Koror Island, Palau Islands, 0-50'; CAS 14142 (female), Iwayama Bay, off Kaibakku Island, Palau Islands, 0-45'; CAS 14143 (3 females), channel between Sanyro Island and Kamori Island, Iwayama Bay, Palau Islands, 0-42'; BPBM 11938 (female), NW side of Koh Kroi Island, ~5.5miles ESE of Ban Pae Fisheries Training Center, Rayong Province, Thailand, 0-4m; CAS 14146 (male), NW side of Goh Samet Island, Rayong Province, Thailand, 0-2m; CAS 14147 (3 females), NW side of Goh Raed ~1.5miles ESE of Prachuap, Khiri Khan, Thailand, 0-15'; CAS 14148 (2 males), W side of Goh Luem ~3miles SE of Prachuap Khiri Khan town, Thailand, 0-15'; CAS 14150 (female), on fringing reef at head of Gulf of Siam, Goh Sak Island ~35miles NE of Prachuap Khiri Khan town, Thailand, 0-20',; CAS 14151 (female), SW point on Goh Chorakhay, Chumphon Province, Thailand, 0-16'; CAS 14152 (male), fringing reef on NW side of Goh Maprao, Chumphon Province, Thailand, 0-12'; CAS 14153 (male), Prond Bay at SW corner of Goh Samed, ~100m offshore, Chumphon Province, Thailand, 10'; CAS 14145 (2 females), Bay of Nhatrang, SW of Hon Long, Ving Damalon, Vietnam, 1-15m; BPBM 11939 (female), Bay of Nhatrang, Hon Lang, Ving Damlon, Vietnam, 1-6m; CAS 14144 (male), Surabaja, Java, Indonesia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Monte Bello Islands (20º26´S, 115º35'E) to Cassini Island (13º56´S, 125º37'E), WA and Halfway Island (11º23´S, 142°57'E) to One Tree Island (23º30´S, 152º05'E), QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [72]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [192]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [46]

Dawson, C.E. 1981. Review of the Indo-Pacific pipefish genus Doryrhamphus Kaup (Pisces : Syngnathidae), with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 44: 1-27 figs 1-17

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. [62]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [26]

IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011.1. www.iucnredlist.org

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. [82]

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [73]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [177]

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. [818]

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. [416]

Pognoski, J.J., Pollard, D.A. & Paxton, J.R. 2002. Conservation Overview and Action Plan for Australian Threatened and Potentially Threatened Marine and Estuarine Fishes. Canberra : Environment Australia 375 pp.

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. [74]

 

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 12-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