Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syngnathoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Syngnathiformes Subordo: Syngnathoidei

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)

References

• 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 national d'Histoire naturelle, 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. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 1757–1768. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02966.x.
• Phyllopteryx taeniolatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

čeština: řasovník protáhlý
English: Weedy sea dragon
ไทย: มังกรทะเลใบหญ้า
中文: 草海龍, 澳洲葉海馬魚

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