Species Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003

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• Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, R.H. 2003. A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 55: 113-116 [113, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.41181-001 (female), near Erscott's Hole, lagoon, Lord Howe Island, 5m [~ 32°32.950'S, 159°05.080'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.41181-002 (female), near Erscott's Hole, lagoon, Lord Howe Island, 5m [~ 32°32.950'S, 159°05.080'E].

 

Introduction

Allen & Erdmann (2012) recorded this species from New Guinea and Japan. However, Lourie et al. (2016) suggested that the species was restricted to Lord Howe Island and that records from New Guinea belong to a different species, but did not exclude the possibility that H. colemani is a widely distributed species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Island; subtropical

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sand bottom marine, seagrass.

Extra Ecological Information

Coarse sand with sparse Zostera and Halophila with fine filamentous algae on their leaves matching filaments on seahorse; in 5 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [201]

Gomon, M.F. & R.H. Kuiter 2009. Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology [formerly Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology] 15(1): 37-44 [Date published January] [41]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [135]

Lourie, S.A., Pollom, R.A. & Foster, S.J. 2016. A global revision of the Seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): Taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1): 1–66 [20]

Lourie, S.A. & R.H. Kuiter 2008. Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus). Zootaxa 1963: 54-68 [Date published 7 Nov] [54]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	05-May-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015	SYNGNATHIFORMES	04-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED