Species Vanacampus poecilolaemus (Peters, 1868)
Longsnout Pipefish, Australian Long-nosed Pipefish, Long-snout Pipefish, Long-snouted Pipefish, Sauvage's Pipefish
- Syngnathus poecilolaemus Peters, W.C.H. 1868. Über eine neue Nagergattung Chiropodomys penicillatus, so wie über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien und Fische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868: 448-460 figs 1-2 [458].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 5316, Adelaide, SA. - Syngnathus modestus Sauvage, H.E. 1879. Description de quelques poissons d'espèces nouvelles de la collection de Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 3: 204-209 [209] [objectively invalid - name preoccupied by Syngnathus modestus Günther, 1870. Replaced by Corythoichthys sauvagei Whitley 1929].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A-0983, Noble Island, QLD (probably erroneous). - Corythoichthys sauvagei Whitley, G.P. 1929. Studies in Ichthyology No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 17(3): 101-143 figs 1-5 pls 30-34 [117] [nom. nov. for Syngnathus modestus Sauvage, 1879].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Dawson, C.E. 1978. Syngnathus parvicarinatus, a new Australian pipefish, with notes on S. sauvagei (Whitley) and Leptonotus caretta (Klunzinger). Copeia 1978(2): 288-293 figs 1-2 [292]
- Dawson, C.E. 1984. Synopsis of Australian pipefishes usually referred to the syngnathine (tail-pouch) genera Syngnathus, Leptonotus and Histogamphelus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 45: 71-123 [Plates 1-9] [93]
Generic Combinations
- Corythoichthys poecilolaemus (Peters, 1868). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1912. Notes on some Western Australian fishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(2): 78-97 figs 1-2 pls 9-13 [82] (changed combination, genus misspelled as Corythroichthys)
McCulloch, A.R. & Whitley, G.P. 1925. A list of the fishes recorded from Queensland waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(2): 125-182 [137] (changed combination using genus Corythoichthys) - Parasyngnathus poecilolaemus (Peters, 1868). —
Whitley, G.P. 1948. A list of the fishes of Western Australia. Western Australia Fish Department. Fisheries Bulletin 2: 1-35 map [14] (changed combination) - Vanacampus poecilolaemus (Peters, 1868). —
Glover, C.J.M. 1983. Freshwater and marine fishes. pp. 157-167 figs 1-2 in Tyler, M.J., Twidale, C.R., Ling, J.K. & Holmes, J.W. (eds). Natural History of the South East. Adelaide : Royal Society of South Australia. [163] (changed combination) - Syngnathus sauvagei (Whitley, 1929). —
Munro, I.S.R. 1958. Handbook of Australian Fishes. No. 20. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 17(2): 81-84, figs 561-586 [84] (changed combination) - Parasyngnathus sauvagei (Whitley, 1929). —
Whitley, G.P. & Allan, J. 1958. The Sea-horse and its Relatives. Melbourne : Georgian House 84 pp. 25 figs. [59] (changed combination)
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, TAS (40º05'S, 147º46´E) to Cottesloe, WA (31º59´S, 115º45'E) including north coast of TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Algal beds, continental shelf, inshore, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
0-17m
General References
Dawson, C.E. 1978. Syngnathus parvicarinatus, a new Australian pipefish, with notes on S. sauvagei (Whitley) and Leptonotus caretta (Klunzinger). Copeia 1978(2): 288-293 figs 1-2 [292] (as Syngnathus poecilolaemus)
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. [474]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [27]
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. [479]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [312] (as Syngnathus poecilolaemus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [86] (as Corythoichthys sauvagei, as Corythoichthys poecilolaemus)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [83] (573, as Syngnathus poecilolaemus and p. 84, 582, as Syngnathus sauvagei)
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. [845]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [38] (485 as Parasyngnathus poecilolaemus and p. 37 (482) as Parasyngnathus sauvagei)
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. [200] (Long-snouted Pipefish)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [474] (Longsnout Pipefish, Sauvage's Pipefish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [89] (Long-snout Pipefish)
Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 240 pp. [131] (Australian Long-nosed Pipefish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Longsnout Pipefish)
Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [51] (Long-snouted Pipefish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 28-Apr-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 25-Jun-2015 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 08-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |