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 282144 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Urocampus coelorhynchus   Günther, 1873
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a pipefish] Organism Type: a pipefish Synonyms: Urocampus carinirostris [in most references prior to 2022] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Estuarine Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 282940     Urocampus 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 2022-05-30. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 3 m.

Taxon Notes:

Araki & Motomura (2022) resurrected Urocampus coelorhynchus Günther 1873 from the synonym of Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau 1872. It is currently known from Elliott Heads (c. 24°54 S, 152°19 E), Queensland to Nadgee (37°28′S, 149°58′E), New South Wales.

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Record source:

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