Species Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964

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• Hippocampus zebra Whitley, G.P. 1964. Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. Records of the Australian Museum 26(5): 145-195 figs 1-15 pls 8-10 [164, pl. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.6015, Gillett Cay, Swain Reefs, QLD, 38 fathoms.
  Paratype(s) AM IB.2819 (= H. dahli), Moreton Bay, QLD.
• Hippocampus montebelloensis 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 [326, fig. 36].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM S.10804 (juvenile), off Trimoulle Island, Monte Bello Islands, WA [20°24'S, 115°34'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM P.29078-001 (female), Exmouth Gulf, WA [22°00'S 114°20'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [44]

 

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. zebra Whitley 1964]. —
  Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [122]

 

Introduction

IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient. Kuiter (2001) separated the Western Australian species, H. montebelloensis, from the eastern species H. zebra only on the basis of the lack of stripes on the body in H. montebelloensis. Lourie et al. (2016) pointed out that underwater photos from Western Australia show distinct zebra-stripes and that other species are variable in the presence of stripes. Tentatively we follow Lourie et al. (2016).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf (22°00`S) to Port Hedland (20°18'S), WA and E of Cape Grenville (11°55'S) to Northwest Is, Capricorn Group (23°18'S) QLD; tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled 20–70 m.

 

General References

Gomon, M.F. 1997. A remarkable new pygmy seahorse (Syngnathidae Hippocampus) from south-eastern Australia, with a redescription of H. bargibanti Whitley from New Caledonia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 56(1): 245-253 [250]

Horne, M.L. 2001. A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef. Records of the Australian Museum 53(2): 243-246 [245]

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [726] (Inclusion based on the paratype that is H. dahli)

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 [325]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [127] (and p. 126, as H. montebelloensis)

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. [129]

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. [830] (and p. 827, as H. montebelloensis)

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. [422]

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. (and as H. montebelloensis)

Project Seahorse 2002. Hippocampus zebra. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.. www.iucnredlist.org

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [38] (544)

Whitley, G.P. & Allan, J. 1958. The Sea-horse and its Relatives. Melbourne : Georgian House 84 pp. 25 figs. [51]

 

Common Name References

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

Whitley, G.P. & Allan, J. 1958. The Sea-horse and its Relatives. Melbourne : Georgian House 84 pp. 25 figs. [51] (Zebra Seahorse)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	02-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015	SYNGNATHIFORMES	05-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED