Southern little pipehorse

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Southern little pipehorse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Idiotropiscis
Species:
I. australe
Binomial name
Idiotropiscis australe
(Waite & Hale, 1921)
Synonyms [2]

Acentronura australeWaite & Hale, 1921

The southern little pipehorse (Idiotropiscis australe) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. [2] It camouflages amongst species of red algae. [3] It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Pollom, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Acentronura australe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T61314A115204241. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61314A67618649.en .
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Idiotropiscis australe". FishBase . May 2013 version.
  3. ↑ Dianne J. Bray & Vanessa J. Thompson, 2011, Southern Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis australe, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Oct 2014, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4424


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