CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 282942 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Australyichthys spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a seahorse, a sea muppet]
Organism Type: a seahorse, a sea muppet
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 37 282000     Syngnathidae
Child Codes: 37 282148     Australyichthys aegis
37 282105     Australyichthys minotaur
37 282135     Australyichthys paradoxus
Taxon Notes:Genus erected by Short et al 2026 for three southern Australian species, two of which were previously placed in genus Hippocampus.
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Short, G., Foster, R., Gomon, M., Bassham, S., Small, C., Parkinson, K., Du Toit, A., Biggs, C., Harasti, D., Hamilton, H. & Hay, A. , 2026. Australyichthys gen. nov. (Teleostei, Syngnathidae), a lost mesophotic lineage from southern Australia, with description of A. aegis sp. nov. and reclassification of Hippocampus minotaur and H. paradoxus., Journal of Lost Species, Vol. 1. doi:10.66264%2Fy1ffbcwb
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