Species Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler, 1938

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• Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler, H.W. 1938. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 85(3032): 31-135 figs 6-61 [41, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 93501, off Sulade Island, vicinity of Siasi, Sulu Archipelago, 24 fathoms [5°46'40"N, 120°48'50"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Doryrhamphus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1938) [various references (see reference list) used Doryrhamphus pessuliferus as valid before it was returned to Dunckerocampus]. —
  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. [68]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Doryrhamphus multiannulatus Regan, 1903 [misidentificatiion Dunckerocampus multiannulatus has been misapplied in Australia as Doryrhamphus - it occurs in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles and western Mascarenes east to Sumatra (Indonesia)]. —
  Allen, G.R. 1996. New records of reef and shore fishes from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 109-112 [110]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Montebello Island, WA (20º30´S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

14-40m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1996. New records of reef and shore fishes from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 109-112 [110] (as Doryrhamphus multiannulatus)

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [74] (as Doryrhamphus pessuliferus)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [195]

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. [68] (As Doryrhamphus pessuliferus)

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

Kuiter, R.H. 1998. Pipefishes of the syngnathid genus Dunckerocampus (Sygnathiformes: Syngnathidae), with a description of a new species from the Indian Ocean. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 3(2): 81-84 [81] (As Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [98] (as Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [182] (As Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

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 Doryrhamphus pessuliferus)

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. [819] (As Doryrhamphus pessuliferus)

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.

Winterbottom, R. 1987. Redescription of Doryrhamphus (Dunkerocampus [sic]) pessuliferus (Pisces: Syngnathidae). Copeia 1987(2): 519-521 [519]

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [98] (Yellow Banded Pipefish)

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] (FAO) (Yellowbar Pipefish)

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

 

History of changes

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
07-Sep-2011	SYNGNATHIFORMES	07-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED