A New Genus and Species of Pygmy Pipehorse from Taitokerau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand, with a Redescription of Acentronura Kaup, 1853 and Idiotropiscis Whitley, 1947 (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) Author Short, Graham A. Author Trnski, Thomas text Ichthyology & Herpetology 2021 2021-09-20 109 3 806 835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/i2020136 journal article 2769 10.1643/i2020136 64bf570b-2c3a-4c8a-89c0-31c3c60c01c5 5827826
Table 3. Comparison of meristic and morphometric characters between CyliX tupareomanaia and members of Acentronura and Idiotropiscis. Abbreviations: HT (Holotype), NT (Non-type), PT (Paratype).
SpeciesC. tupareomanaia, new speciesI. australeI. larsonaeI. lumnitzeriA. breViperulaA. gracilissimaA. tentaculata
Table 3. Extended.
TypeHTPTPTNTNTHTPTNTNTNTNTNTNT
Voucher numberAIM MA122274NMNZ P.046322NMNZ P.056154WAM P.33543001SAMA F2657NTM S.10805-001GCRL 21518CAS HH-0423AMS I.45395-001CAS 247135CAS-SU 6681CAS 247139CAS 247139
Trunk rings13131413131111111112131212
Tail rings36353637373940454342454443
Subdorsal trunk rings3334444444444
Dorsal-fin rays14141416161717151515161616
Pectoral-fin rays14141415161213131314151414
Head angled ventrad 25°PresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
Superior and inferior trunk and tail ridgesDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousDiscontinuousContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuous
Cup-like crest on supraoccipitalPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Dorsomedial bony crest on supraoccipitalAbsentAbsentAbsentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
Dorsomedial bony crest on first trunk ringPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
Bilateral protuberances present lateroposteriorly on Absent Absent Absent Present Present posttemporalPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
Large rugose lateral head spinePresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
3 small lateral head spinesPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Frontal spinePresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Snout spinesPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Midventral conical spines on cleithral symphysis Present Present Present Absent Absent and first trunk ringAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Cleithral ring confluentPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Cleithral ring spine on pectoral-fin basePresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Cleithral ring spine ventrally of first trunk ringPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Small spine ventroposteriorly of pectoral-fin basePresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Subdorsal spinesPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Orbital rim extensionPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Swelling of gular region ventroposterior to eyePresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Superior trunk ridge spines3, 6, 10AbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent6, 10AbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Superior tail ridge spines4, 7, 11AbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Anal-finPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent