. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 414 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN FISHES. H. hippocampus and H. hystrix are extralimital species which have been recorded from Queensland, doubtless on the basis of some H. dahli Ogilby, 1908. Also H. oleekeri Fowler, 1908 = agnesae Fowler, 1908 = graciliformis McCulloch, 1911 = Macleayina abdominalis (Lesson, 1827). Hippohystrix, gen. nov. Orthotype, Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 = Hippohystrix spino- sissimus. A new generic name is provided for this very spiny Queensland species, with D. 17, rings 11 + 34, and snout equal to p
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 414 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN FISHES. H. hippocampus and H. hystrix are extralimital species which have been recorded from Queensland, doubtless on the basis of some H. dahli Ogilby, 1908. Also H. oleekeri Fowler, 1908 = agnesae Fowler, 1908 = graciliformis McCulloch, 1911 = Macleayina abdominalis (Lesson, 1827). Hippohystrix, gen. nov. Orthotype, Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 = Hippohystrix spino- sissimus. A new generic name is provided for this very spiny Queensland species, with D. 17, rings 11 + 34, and snout equal to postorbital. Macleayina planifrons (Peters, 1877). (Fig. 21.) Here figured from the holotype of Hippocampus planifrons from Naturaliste Channel, No. 9387 of the "Gazelle" collection, in the Zoologisches Museum der Universitat, Berlin, where I examined it in November, 1937. Fig. 21. Sea Horse, Macleayina planifrons. mm The coronet has five spines, the two anterior ones short and blunt; the supraocular spine is granulated. D. 23 or 24, on raised base. Rings, 12 or 13 + 30 and some obsolete ones towards the tip of tail. Length (curled) 43 mm. Hippichthys margaritifer (Peters, 1869). (Fig. 22.) Syngnathus margaritifer Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1868 (1869), p. 457, Sydney. JJJ I IN I I I I I / I I I H I 1 I I HI tLLLD GPW. Fig. 22. Pipefish, Hippichthys margaritifer. Here illustrated from a specimen, "M. G. Bowen, 4982", in the Hamburg Museum. Standard length, 146 mm. Locality.—Bowen, Queensland; ex Museum Godeffroy. Ichthyocampus galei Duncker, 1909. (Fig. 23.) Here figured from the lectotype of the species, the smaller of two females in the Hamburg Museum, where Dr. Georg Duncker and Fraulein Erna Mohr assisted me in working on pipefishes in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resembl
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