Australian Museum Journal A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island
- Shortform:
- Kuiter, 2003, Rec. Aust. Mus. 55(2): 113–116
- Author(s):
- Kuiter, Rudie H.
- Year published:
- 2003
- Title:
- A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 113
- End page:
- 116
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1382
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- online version with figures in colour
- Date published:
- 13 August 2003
- Cover date:
- 13 August 2003
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; TAXONOMY; LORD HOWE ISLAND
- Digitized:
- 13 August 2003
- Available online:
- 13 August 2003
- Reference number:
- 1382
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (11kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2192kb PDF)
Abstract
A new species of seahorse, Hippocampus colemani, is described from Lord Howe Island off eastern Australia. It can be distinguished from congeners by the following combined features: very small size (to about 23 mm in height), very deep trunk (about 60% in its length), low number of tail rings (27-29) and most distinctly, a single gill opening, placed dorsally behind the head.