- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- SYNGNATHIFORMES
- SYNGNATHIDAE
- Urocampus
- paucianulus
Northern Hairy Pipefsh, Urocampus paucianulus Araki & Motomura 2022
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Urocampus paucianulus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Jun 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5664
Northern Hairy Pipefsh, Urocampus paucianulus Araki & Motomura 2022
More Info
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Distribution |
Flynn Reef, off Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Pittwater, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. |
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Remarks |
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) |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin paucus (= few, scanty) and anulus (= ring), in reference to this species having fewer trunk rings compared with the similar Urocampus carinirostris and U. coelorhynchus. |
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Species Citation |
Urocampus paucianulus Araki & Motomura 2022, Ichthyological Research 70(1): 13, Figs. 1j-k. Type locality: Bells Creek mouth, Pumicestone Passage, Coloundra, Queensland, Australia, 26°50'30.66"S, 153°07'52.44"E. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Resources |
Northern Hairy Pipefsh, Urocampus paucianulus Araki & Motomura 2022
References
Araki, M.A. & Motomura, H. 2022. Review of the Indo‑West Pacific pipefish genus Urocampus (Syngnathidae), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Research 70: 1-20 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-022-00872-3
Chenoweth, S., Hughes, J. & Connolly, R. 2002. Phylogeography of the pipefish, Urocampus carinirostris, suggests secondary intergradation of ancient lineages. Marine Biology 141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0836-3
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) (as Urocampus carinirostris)
Kuiter, R.H. 2009. Seahorses and their relatives. Seaford, Australia : Aquatic Photographics 331 pp.
Quick Facts
CAAB Code:37282146
Depth:0-3 m
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