Species Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & Smith, 2007

Museums

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External Links

• Stigmatopora narinosa Browne, R.K. & Smith, K. 2007. A new pipefish, Stigmatopora narinosa (Syngnathidae) from South Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64: 1-6 [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA F10190, Edithburg Pool, SA, 2m [35°05'S, 137°45'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA F10186, Edithburg Pool, SA, 2m [35°05'S, 137°45'E]; SAMA F10194 (2 specimens), Magazine Bay, Pt. Turton, SA [34°55'S, 137°20'E]; SAMA F10195, Port Victoria, SA [34°29'S, 137°28'E]; NMV A29230-001 (4 specimens), Edithburg Pool, SA [35°05'S, 137°45'E]; NMV A29231-001 (5 specimens), Port Hughes Jetty, SA [34°04'S, 137°32'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Stigmatopora olivacea Castelnau, 1872 [misidentification]. —
  Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [199: figs A, B, D.] (in part)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Normanville beach, Gulf St Vincent (35°27'S, 138°18'E) to off Port Hughes, Spencer Gulf, SA (34°03'S, 137°20'E); temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, seagrass.

Extra Ecological Information

Brown algae, sheltered shallow open water, 0-8m. Stigmatopora narinosa appears to have a very limited inshore distribution along patches of moderate energy coastlines with low turbidity and a broken vegetation pattern of sea-grass and brown algae.

 

General References

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. [475]

Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 331. [287]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	SYNGNATHIFORMES	19-Apr-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
	SYNGNATHIFORMES	30-Sep-2011	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)