CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 282122 Taxa superceded by 37 282027 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hippocampus procerus Kuiter, 2001
Rank:	Species
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	White's Seahorse
Common Names List:	Highcrown Seahorse high-crown seahorse
Organism Type:	a pipefish
Synonyms:	Hippocampus whitei
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 282900 Hippocampus spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 20 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on description by Kuiter (2001). Subsequently made non-active and superceded by Hippocampus whitei (37 282027) after Short et al 2019 demonstrated by molecular and morphological and evidence that the two species are conspecific.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:ffaa5632-23d5-4407-ad84-6734248f66e9 Name status: synonym Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275206 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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