CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 282033 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: H.W. Fowler, 1934 - Fishes obtained in the New Hebrides by Dr. Edward L. Jackson Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: H.W. Fowler, 1934 - Fishes obtained in the New Hebrides by Dr. Edward L. Jackson
Family:	37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Common Seahorse
Common Names List:	common seahorse
Organism Type:	a pipefish
Synonyms:	Hippocampus kuda
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 282900 Hippocampus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	282033

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [3] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 15 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

According to Kuiter (2001), Hippocampus taeniopterus is the correct name for the species previously recorded in Australia as H. kuda.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:7644cf15-56ac-4203-a34c-1aea39751c19 Name status: synonym Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1536 View at FoA
ITIS	166495 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:306824 Name status: unaccepted Checked on: 2020-01-07 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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