Species Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858)
Bluestripe Pipefish, Black-sided Pipefish, Pacific Blue-stripe Pipefish
- Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, P. 1858. Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Kokos-eilanden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 15: 457-468 [464].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH 7251, Nova Selma, Cocos-Keeling Islands, eastern Indian Ocean.
Generic Combinations
- Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858). —
Bleeker, P. 1860. Achste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra (Visschen van Benkoelen, Priaman, Tandjong, Palembang en Djambi). Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 8: 1-88 [72] (changed combination, genus name incorrectly spelt as Doryramphus)
Duncker, G. 1915. Revision der Syngnathidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 32: 9-120 1 pl. [61] (changed combination cited)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856 [subspecific designation of D. excisus to distinguish from other subspecies]. —
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 [4] - Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856 [widely treated as a senior synonym of D. melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) following Dawson (1981)]. —
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 [4]
Introduction
Kuiter (2000, 2009) considered Doryrhamphus excisus to be a complex of three species: D. excisus (restricted to the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea), D. melanopleura, (from the western central Pacific), and an undescribed species from Queensland and the Coral Sea. Until the genus Doryrhamphus is examined in more detail, we follow Allen & Erdmann (2012) and other authors in using the name D. melanopleura for Australian material.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Clerke Reef, Rowley Shoals, WA (17º22´S, 119°21'E) and Murray Island (9º56´S, 144º04'E) to One Tree Island (23º30´S, 152º05'E), QLD, also Lihou Reefs (17°33'S, 151°38'E), Coral Sea, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island, Indian Ocean; tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [8] (as D. excisus excisus)
- Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202 [193]
- Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 [209]
- Moore, G.I., Morrison, S.M., Hutchins, B.J., Allen, G.R. and Sampey, A. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: fishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 84: 161-206 [179] (as D. excisus)
- Oxley, W.G., Emslie, M., Muir, P. & Thompson, A.A. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve, March 2004. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Science i-vii, 1-67 pp. [59] (as D. excisus)
Ecological Descriptors
Acacia shrubs.
Extra Ecological Information
0-40 m
General References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [74] (as D. excisus)
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 [4] (as a synonym of D. excisus)
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. [60] (as a synonym of D. excisus)
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]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [26] (as D. excisus)
Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. (as Doryrhamphus melanopleura and Doryrhamphus sp 1)
Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [173] (as Doryrhamphus melanopleura and Doryrhamphus sp 1)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [91]
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] [89] (as D. excisus)
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. [2275] (as D. excisus excisus)
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] (as a synonym of Doryrhamphus excisus)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [107] (as D. excisus)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [73] (as D. excisus)
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. [73] (as D.excisus excisus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [38]
Common Name References
Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [89] (Pacific Blue-stripe Pipefish)
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] [89] (Black-sided Pipefish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bluestripe Pipefish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 22-Oct-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| SYNGNATHIFORMES | 25-May-2012 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |