WoRMS taxon details
Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849)
277114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277114)
accepted
Species
Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911 · unaccepted
Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947 · unaccepted
Hippicthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Parasyngnathus argyrostictus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
Syngnathus altirostris Ogilby, 1890 · unaccepted
Syngnathus argyrostictus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Syngnathus biserialis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1368 [details]
page(s): 1368 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277114 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syngnathus altirostris Ogilby, 1890) Ogilby, J. D. (1890). Descriptions of two new species of Australian Lophobranchiate fishes. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 1 (no. 3): 55-56. [details]
original description (of Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947) Whitley, G. P. (1947). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 11 (pt 2): 129-150, Pl. 11. [details]
original description (of Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1368 [details]
original description (of Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947) Whitley, G. P. (1947). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 11 (pt 2): 129-150, Pl. 11. [details]
original description (of Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1368 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガンテンイシヨウジ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Parasyngnathus argyrostictus (Kaup, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus argyrostictus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus altirostris Ogilby, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus biserialis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippichthys penicillus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus altirostris Ogilby, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus argyrostictus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus biserialis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippicthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Parasyngnathus argyrostictus (Kaup, 1856))
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corythroichthys quinquarius P03667 illustration) (from synonym Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippichthys penicillus FIN034519 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippichthys penicillus FIN034550 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Parasyngnathus argyrostictus (Kaup, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus argyrostictus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus altirostris Ogilby, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus biserialis Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippichthys penicillus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus altirostris Ogilby, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus argyrostictus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus biserialis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippicthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Hippichthys gazella Whitley, 1947)
To FishBase (from synonym Parasyngnathus argyrostictus (Kaup, 1856))
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus penicillus Cantor, 1849)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corythroichthys quinquarius P03667 illustration) (from synonym Corythroichthys quinquarius Snyder, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippichthys penicillus FIN034519 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hippichthys penicillus FIN034550 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
