{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Short, Foster & Gomon, 2026","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-08-05","CAAB_code":"37282148","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Known only from the holotype collected from the entrance to Spencer Gulf, Gambier Islands (35.20°S, 136.27°E), SA in approximately 50 m depth (Short et al 2026).","habitat":"Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":"","scientificName":"Australyichthys aegis","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Syngnathiformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Short, G., Foster, R., Gomon, M., Bassham, S., Small, C., Parkinson, K., Du Toit, A., Biggs, C., Harasti, D., Hamilton, H. & Hay, A. , 2026. <i>Australyichthys</i> gen. nov. (Teleostei, Syngnathidae), a lost mesophotic lineage from southern Australia, with description of <i>A. aegis</i> sp. nov. and reclassification of <i>Hippocampus minotaur</i> and <i>H. paradoxus</i>., <i>Journal of Lost Species</i>, Vol. 1. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.66264&#x25;2Fy1ffbcwb\">doi:10.66264&#x25;2Fy1ffbcwb</a>","vernacularName":"[a sea muppet]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2026-08-05","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Syngnathidae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}