{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Yuki & Motomura, 2026","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-05-28","CAAB_code":"37282147","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Described from eight specimens collected from north of Port Hedland (19 04 S, 118 47 E), Western Australia, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait and east of Proserpine (20°32′S, 150°20′E), Queensland in 9-81m depth (Yuki & Motomura, 2006).","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Yuki, D. Motomura, H. \r\n\r\n, 2026. <i>Festucalex bifasciatus</i>, a new pipefish (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from northern Australia., <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5810: 171-178. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.8\">doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.8</a>","Parent_Id":"","scientificName":"Festucalex bifasciatus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Syngnathiformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Yuki, D. Motomura, H. \r\n\r\n, 2026. <i>Festucalex bifasciatus</i>, a new pipefish (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from northern Australia., <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5810: 171-178. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.8\">doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.8</a>","vernacularName":"[a pipefish]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2026-05-28","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Syngnathidae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}