Species Solenostomus halimeda Orr, Fritzsche & Randall, 2002

• Solenostomus halimeda Orr, J.W., Fritzsche, R.A. & Randall, J.E. 2002. Solenostomus halimeda, a new species of ghost pipefish (Teleostei: Gasterosteiformes) from the Indo-Pacific, with a revised key to the known species of the family Solenostomidae. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 5(3): 99-108 [101, figs.1-6].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.27666.030 (female with eggs), Mermaid Reef, Central Lagoon, Rowley Shoals, WA [17°06´S, 119°37´E].
  Paratype(s) BPBM 36263 (female with eggs), bay west of Basilisk Point, NE coast Papua New Guinea [10°15'48"S, 150°42'6"E]; BPBM 38841 (female), Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll; SMF 26660 (female), Southern Miladhunmadulu Atoll, Maldive Islands. 23m; UGG 5800 (male), Double Reef, Mariana Islands. 7.6m; WAM P.27666–052 (allotype (male)), Mermaid Reef, Central Lagoon, Rowley Shoals [17°06'S, 119°37'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770) [misidentification]. —
  Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91 [101]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mermaid Reef, Rowley Shoals, WA (17°06`S, 119°37'E); tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

0-15m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [182]

Fritzsche, R.A. & Thiesfeld, K.G. 1999. Family Solenostomidae. 2263 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2263]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [300]

Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, B.M. 2000. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes. An identification guide to marine fish larvae. Fauna Malesiana Handbooks Leiden : Brill Vol. 2 870 pp.

Orr, J.W. & Pietsch, T.W. 1994. Pipefishes and their allies. pp. 168-172 in Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. Encyclopedia of Fishes. Sydney : University of New South Wales Press 240 pp.

Paxton, J. R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Solenostomidae. pp. 807-809 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. [809]

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

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [182] (Halimeda Ghost Pipefish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	26-Apr-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015	SYNGNATHIFORMES	11-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED