Species Hippocampus kampylotrachelos Bleeker, 1854

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• Hippocampus kampylotrachelos Bleeker, P. 1854. Overzigt der ichthyologische fauna van Sumatra, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 7: 49-108 [107] [regarded as a synonym of H. trimaculatus by Lourie, S.A., Vincent, A.C.J. & Hall, H.J. 1999. Seahorses. An identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse. x 214 pp.].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 7257, Priaman, Sumatra, Indonesia.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814 [Kuiter (2009) considers Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach in Leach & Nodder 1814, to be a complex of species that includes H. kampylotrachelos Bleeker 1854].

 

Introduction

Lourie et al. (2016) presented a confused discussion relating to Australian material. They treated this species as a synonym of H. trimaculatus and designated a lectotype for that species from China. They considered that the specimen from Ashmore Reef used by Kuiter (2001) for this species is also H. trimaculatus (NTM S.12060-001), but then excluded H. trimaculatus from Australia. They also indicated that specimens from west of Wallace's Line differed in DNA sequences of 2.9% from specimens to the east. However, they state elsewhere in the publication that they recognised species as distinct when there was a 2% or more difference. Because the type locality for H. kampylotrachelos is Sumatra, west of Wallace's Line, we retain the name here, but recognise that the species might be a synonym of H. mannulus Cantor, 1849 from Malaysia.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, estuary, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

0-50m

 

General References

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [49]

Kuiter, R.H. 2001. Revision of the Australian Seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Records of the Australian Museum 53: 293-340 [307]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [122]

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 [42] (designated a lectotype from China for Hippocampus trimaculatus)

Lourie, S.A., Vincent, A.C.J. & Hall, H.J. 1999. Seahorses. An identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse. x 214 pp. [125] (as Hippocampus trimaculatus, in part)

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. [827]

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

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing pp. 240. [49]) (Smooth Seahorse)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	02-May-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015	SYNGNATHIFORMES	07-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED