Species Hippichthys parvicarinatus (Dawson, 1978)

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• Syngnathus parvicarinatus Dawson, C.E. 1978. Syngnathus parvicarinatus, a new Australian pipefish, with notes on S. sauvagei (Whitley) and Leptonotus caretta (Klunzinger). Copeia 1978(2): 288-293 figs 1-2 [288, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.25801–001, Dinah Beach Inlet pools (5cm deep) in tidal mudflat, Darwin, NT.
  Paratype(s) AMNH 35963 (taken with holotype), Dinah Beach Inlet pools (5cm deep) in tidal mudflat, Darwin, NT; GCRL 15644 (taken with holotype), Dinah Beach Inlet pools (5cm deep) in tidal mudflat, Darwin, NT; USNM 217594 (taken with holotype), Dinah Beach Inlet pools (5cm deep) in tidal mudflat, Darwin, NT.

 

Generic Combinations

• Parasyngnathus parvicarinatus (Dawson, 1978). —
  Dawson, C.E. 1984. Synopsis of Australian pipefishes usually referred to the syngnathine (tail-pouch) genera Syngnathus, Leptonotus and Histogamphelus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 45: 71-123 [Plates 1-9] [79] (changed combination)
• Hippichthys (Parasyngnathus) parvicarinatus (Dawson, 1978). —
  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. [100] (changed combination)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Melville Island (11º40'S, 130º30´E) to south of the Roper River mouth (14º53'S, 135º26'E), NT; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, inshore, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

0-5 m.

 

General References

Dawson, C.E. 1984. Synopsis of Australian pipefishes usually referred to the syngnathine (tail-pouch) genera Syngnathus, Leptonotus and Histogamphelus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 45: 71-123 [Plates 1-9] [79] (as Parasyngnathus parvicarinatus)

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. [100]

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

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [280]

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. [2271]

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. [824]

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. [420]

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.

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [182] (Short-keel Pipefish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	28-Sep-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015	SYNGNATHIFORMES	16-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED