Species Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri Kuiter, 2004

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• Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri Kuiter, R.H. 2004. A New Pygmy Pipehorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Idiotropiscis) from Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 163-165 [164, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.38660-001 (male), Henrietta Head, La Perouse, Sydney, NSW, 22m [34°00'S, 151°15'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.41409-001 (male), Oak park, Cronulla, NSW, 9m [34°03'S, 151°09'E]; NMV A.24724 (female), Oak park, Cronulla, NSW, 9m.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Bare Island, Botany Bay (33º59'S, 151º14'E) to Jervis Bay (35º07'S, 150º46'E), NSW; subtropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

6–30 m.

 

General References

Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [66] (as Idiotropiscis sp 1)

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [148]

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. [832]

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.

Teske, P. & Beheregaray, L. 2009. The Rise of Seahorses. Australasian Science (Nov-Dec): 24-25

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

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 2004. A New Pygmy Pipehorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Idiotropiscis) from Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 163-165 [164] (Sydney’s Pygmy Pipehorse)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	12-Apr-2017	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