CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 282134 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hippocampus histrix   Kaup, 1856
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: J.E. Randall Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: J.E. Randall Family: 37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a pipefish] Common Names List: Thorny seahorse Organism Type: a pipefish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 282900     Hippocampus spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2015-05-29. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 10 to 40 m.

Taxon Notes:	In Australia, confirmed from Ashmore Reef area (off northern WA) and Port Stephens, NSW (Harasti 2015) from specimens identified by Rudie Kuiter. Specimens collected elsewhere in Australia require confirmation.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e013180d-8151-4ff4-a03d-3f9bb8436fbe Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2696 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212239 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-12-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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