Species Hypselognathus horridus Dawson & Glover, 1982
Shaggy Pipefish, Prickly Pipefish
- Hypselognathus horridus Dawson, C.E. & Glover, C.J.M. 1982. Hypselognathus horridus, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from South Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95(2): 403-407 figs 1-2 [403, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA F.4676 (male), Anxious Bay, Great Australian Bight, SA, 54.9m.
Paratype(s) GCRL 18057 (female), Great Australian Bight, SA, 42m [~32°24'S, 133°30'E]; SAMA F.4681, 14.8 km South of Point Weyland, Great Australian Bight, SA, 54.9m [~33°24'S, 134°37'E].
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Anxious Bay (33º23'S, 134º48´E) to Great Australian Bight, SE of Ceduna (32º24'S, 133º24'E) SA; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf.
Extra Ecological Information
Trawled. 40-55m
General References
Dawson, C.E. 1994. Family Syngnathidae. pp. 440-475 figs 391-426 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [451]
Kuiter, R.H. 2008. Syngnathidae. pp. 448-479 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [459]
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. [831]
Common Name References
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. [104] (Prickly Pipefish)
Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [143] (Shaggy Pipefish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shaggy Pipefish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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25-Jun-2015 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 16-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |