Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syngnathiformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Syngnathiformes

Familia: Syngnathidae
Genus: Phyllopteryx
Species: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Name

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804)

Type locality: Bass Strait, Australia.

Holotype: No types known.

Synonyms

• Syngnatus taeniolatus Lacepède, 1804: 203, 211, Pl. 58
• Phyllopteryx altus McCoy, 1882: 20
• Phillopteryx elongatus Castelnau, 1872: 243
• Hippocampus foliaceus Richardson, 1843: 28
• Hippocampus foliatus Perry,1810: 2
• Syngnathus foliatus Shaw, 1804: 456, Pl. 180
• Phyllopteryx lucasi Whitley, 1931: 102, Pl. 15 (fig. 1)

Reference

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1804: Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 4: 184-211, 4 pls.
• Martin-Smith, K.M., 2011: Photo-identification of the individual weedy seadragons Phyllopteryx taeniolatus and its application in estimating population dynamics., J. Fish. Biol. 78: 1757-1768.
• Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Weedy sea dragon