Long-snouted pipefish

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Long-snouted pipefish
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Stigmatopora macropterygia seen in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Stigmatopora
Species:
S. macropterygia
Binomial name
Stigmatopora macropterygia
Synonyms [2]
  • Stigmatopora longirostris Hutton, 1872

The long-snouted pipefish (Stigmatopora macropterygia) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae

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Physical description

Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in) and is eel-like in appearance

Breeding

The male is ovoviviparous and carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail. Males probably brood when about 24-25 cm in length.

Distribution

It is found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, generally at depths of less than 7.5 m. [2] [3] It can be found in intertidal algal beds, and also on wharves and pilings. [4]

Conservation status

In 2016 its status in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was listed as Least Concern. [5]

See also

References

  1. Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Stigmatopora macropterygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T88342975A115514525. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88342975A88342982.en .
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stigmatopora macropterygia". FishBase . February 2018 version.
  3. 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
  4. Dawson, C. E. (1985). Indo-Pacific pipefishes: Red Sea to the Americas. Ocean Springs, Miss., U.S.A: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. ISBN   978-0-917235-00-9.
  5. IUCN (20 January 2016). Stigmatopora macropterygia: Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T88342975A115514525 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t88342975a88342982.en.