CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Syngnathiformes (order) » Syngnathidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 282008 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau, 1872
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Hairy Pipefish
Common Names List:	hairy pipefish
Organism Type:	a pipefish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Estuarine Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 282940 Urocampus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	282008

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-30.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 3 m.

Taxon Notes:	Araki & Motomura (2022) split Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau 1872 into 4 species - Urocampus carinirostris (southeastern Australia), Urocampus coelorhynchus Günther 1873 (eastern Australia; previously regarded as junior synonym of U. carinirostris), Urocampus guentheri Duncker 1909 (Western and South Australia; previously regarded as junior synonym of U. carinirostris) and Urocampus paucianulus sp. nov. (eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Araki, M. A., Motomura, H., 2022. Review of the Indo‑West Pacific pipefish genus Urocampus (Syngnathidae), with descriptions of two new species, Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-022-00872-3

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