Stipecampus cristatus, McCulloch and Waite 1918, Rec. S. Austr. Mus. 1 (1) p 40, fig 26.

“Described from four examples from Spencer and St. Vincent Gulfs, the longest being 214 mm in length.  The type was dredged in Spencer Gulf by Sir Joseph Verco and is “completely bleached”.: the colour description and the illustration are made from a specimen collected in August, 1920, at Glenelg by Messrs. Zietz and Hale”  (Waite and Hale, 1908).

Range: Recorded in southern Australasia from the region of Melbourne, Victoria, to Spencers Gulf, South Australia, and from there westward to south-west Western Australia (Kuiter 2000). Victoria and South Australia (Scott et al., 1974), Hab. South Australia (Waite and Hale 1908).

 

Distribution: In bays to 10 m.

 

Habitat: Sparse sea-grasses near tidal channels in large estuaries (Kuiter 2000).

 

Length; 25 cm (Kuiter 2000), 22 cm (Scott et al., 1974), 214 mm (Waite and Hale 1908).

Reproduction: Moves into breeding areas in September (Kuiter 2000).  Eggs brooded in pouch immediately behind the anal fin (pers obs).

Aquarium care: Adapts well to aquariums and will reproduce with the resultant young easy to raise.

Reproduction: Liss caud 83.5 mm, bpr 12, egg dia 1.3, bp 16.7mm, eggs paired 2 layers except ventral on layer 3 egg rows.; also 39, 32.

Range: Records from the region of Melbourne, Victoria, Spencers Gulf, South Australia, and from the 

southwest Western Australia.

Distribution: In bays to 10m seeming to prefer weed and sandy areas to seagrass.

Reproduction: Eggs brooded in pouch immediately behind the anal fin.