Genus Idiotropiscis Whitley, 1947
- Idiotropiscis Whitley, G.P. 1947. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. The Australian Zoologist 11(2): 129-150 figs 1-3 pl. 11 [150].
Type species:
Acentronura australe Waite & Hale, 1921 by original designation.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Acentronura (Idiotropiscis) Kaup, 1853 [Idiotropiscis widely treated as subgenus of Acentronura]. —
Fraser-Brunner, A. & Whitley, G.P. 1949. A new pipefish from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(2): 148-150 figs 1-2 [149-150] (suggest subgeneric status of Idiotropiscis)
Dawson, C.E. 1984. A new pipehorse (Syngnathidae) from Western Australia, with remarks on the subgenera of Acentronura. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(2): 156-160 figs 1-3 [158] (treats Idiotropiscis as subgenus of Acentronura citing Whitley & Fraser-Brunner (1949))
Introduction
A highly cryptic and rarely observed endemic Australian genus. Idiotropiscis has been widely treated as a subgenus of Acentronura (e.g. Dawson 1984, 1985; Stewart 2015). We follow Kuiter (2004, 2009; see also Teske & Beheregaray 2009) in treating the genus as valid but acknowledge that further work is required to confirm the status of Idiotropiscis.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
General References
Dawson, C.E. 1984. A new pipehorse (Syngnathidae) from Western Australia, with remarks on the subgenera of Acentronura. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(2): 156-160 figs 1-3 (As Acentronura (Idiotropiscis))
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. [15] (As Acentronura (Idiotropiscis))
Kuiter, R.H. 2004. A New Pygmy Pipehorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Idiotropiscis) from Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 163-165 [163]
Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Syngnathidae, Aulostomidae, Fistulariidae, Macroramphosidae. pp. 1050-1072 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152. [1053]
Teske, P.R. & Beheregaray, L.B. 2009. Evolution of seahorses' upright posture was linked to Oligocene expansion of seagrass habitats. Biology Letters 5: 521-523
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 04-Oct-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 25-Jun-2015 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 20-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |