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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 282027 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Hippocampus whitei   Bleeker, 1855

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

Image by: F. Steindachner, 1866 - Zur Fischfauna von Port Jackson in Australien
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights: F. Steindachner, 1866 - Zur Fischfauna von Port Jackson in Australien
Family: 37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): White's Seahorse
Common Names List: White's seahorse
Organism Type: a pipefish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Estuarine
Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 282900     Hippocampus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
282027, 37 282122
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-07-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 20 m.
Taxon Notes:After Short et al (2019) demonstrated through molecular and morphological evidence that Hippocampus procerus was a synonym of Hippocampus whitei, the distribution of H. whitei needed re-assessment. It is historically confirmed from north of Mackay, QLD (20º06'S) southwards to Wollongong (34º31´S) (Australian Faunal Directory online, accessed 3.4.2020), but its current distribution is recorded as Hervey Bay region, Qld (c. 24 55 S) southwards to St Georges Basin, NSW (c. 35 05, 150 35) in depths to 12m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6b53ca61-282b-4ec7-9028-10c384ff0a47
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 1538
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212235
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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