CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 282145 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Urocampus guentheri Duncker, 1909
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.

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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 3 m.

Taxon Notes:	Araki & Motomura (2022) resurrected Urocampus guentheri Duncker 1909 from the synonym of Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau 1872. It is currently known from near Ceduna (c. 134 E), South Australia westwards to the Swan R (31°53′S, 115°56′E), Western Australia and from Shark Bay, WA (c. 26 S). The holotype from Shark Bay was destroyed, but the occurrence of the species from this area is based on Kuiter 2009, 282, Figure J (Seahorses and their relatives).

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

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