Syngnathus watermeyeri Smith, 1963
Estuarine pipefish, River pipefish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 2006
Distribution
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Smith, J. L. B. (1963). Fishes of the family Syngnathidae from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. 27: 515-543.
Other references:
Claassens, L., Villiers, N. M., Seath, J., & Wasserman, J. (2021). Distribution and density of the critically endangered estuarine pipefish across its range – implications for conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32(1): 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3742
Mowbray, Sean. (May 3, 2022). Saving the near-extinct estuarine pipefish means protecting estuary health. Blog post on Mongabay.com. Available at: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/saving-the-near-extinct-estuarine-pipefish-means-protecting-estuary-health/ [accessed 7 May 2022]
Nester, Georgia M., Heydenrych, M., Berry, T. E., Wasserman, J., Richards, Z., White, N., … Claassens, L. (2021). Environmental DNA detects critically endangered South African estuarine pipefish Syngnathus watermeyeri. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5481837
Nester, Georgia M. et al. (2022). Characterizing the distribution of the critically endangered estuarine pipefish (Syngnathus watermeyeri) across its range using environmental DNA. Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.365
Ntshudisane, Ofentse K. et al. (2021). Dietary specialisation in a Critically Endangered pipefish revealed by faecal eDNA metabarcoding. bioRxiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.05.425398
Vorwerk, P. D., Froneman, P. W., & Paterson, A. W. (2007). Recovery of the critically endangered river pipefish, Syngnathus watermeyeri, in the Kariega Estuary, Eastern Cape province. South African Journal of Science 103: 199-201.
Weiss, S., Emami-Khoyi, A., Kaiser, H., Cowley, P. D., James, N. C., Jansen van Vuuren, B., … Teske, P. R. (2022). The last two remaining populations of the critically endangered estuarine pipefish are inbred and not genetically distinct. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.756595