CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 282146 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Urocampus paucianulus Araki & Motomura, 2022
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 clade B: Chenoweth et al. 2002: 541 (eastern Australia from Gladstone Harbour to Bells Creek) Urocampus carinirostris (Urocampus coelorhynchus): Kuiter 2009: 283, fig. K (Moreton Bay, Queensland) Urocampus coelorhynchus (not of Günther): Kuiter and Debelius 2006: 173, unnumbered fig. Queensland)
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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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-30.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 3 m.

Taxon Notes:	Araki & Motomura (2022) described Urocampus paucianulus from specimens collected off eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea (Trobriand Islands). In Australia it is recorded from Flynn Reef, off Cairns (16°40′49″S, 146°18′49″E), Queensland southwards to Pittwater (33°38′S, 151°18′E), New South Wales.

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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