Long-snouted pipefish

Long-snouted pipefish

Taxobox
name = Long-snouted pipefish


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Syngnathiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Stigmatopora"
species = "S. macropterygia"
binomial = "Stigmatopora macropterygia"
binomial_authority = Duméril, 1870The long-snouted pipefish, "Stigmatopora macropterygia", is a pipefish of the family "Syngnathidae", found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, at depths of a few metres. Its length is up to 45 cm.

Occurs in intertidal algal beds, as well as wharves and pilings, usually at depths less than 7.5 m. Ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail.

ee also

* Longsnout pipefish, "Leptonotus norae".

References

*
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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