Longsnout pipefish

Longsnout pipefish

Taxobox
name = Longsnout pipefish


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Syngnathiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
genus = "Leptonotus"
species = "L. norae"
binomial = "Leptonotus norae"
binomial_authority = Waite, 1910The longsnout pipefish, "Leptonotus norae", is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae, found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, at depths of between 37 and 212 m. Its length is up to 21 cm.

Ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail.

ee also

* Long-snouted pipefish, "Stigmatopora macropterygia".

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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