Stigmatopora nigra

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Wide-bodied pipefish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Stigmatopora
Species:
S. nigra
Binomial name
Stigmatopora nigra
Kaup 1856 [1]

Stigmatopora nigra, also known as the wide-bodied pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [1] This species can be found in the shallow waters, bays, and estuaries of southern Australia from Shark Bay to Brisbane, Tasmania, and New Zealand. [2] [3] They often inhabit seagrass or algae beds in addition to bare sand. [4] Their diet consists of small crustaceans such as copepods and amphipods. [5] Adult brooding males have been measured at 6.5-7 centimeters. [2] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity. [6] in which the males brood up to 25 eggs in a pouch below the tail before giving live birth. [2] [7] Stigmatopora nigra can live to 150 days old and are able to reproduce throughout the year. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Carlyle, C.; Pollom, R. "Stigmatopora nigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
  2. 1 2 3 Dawson, C.E. (1982). "Review of the Indo-Pacific pipefish genus Stigmatopora (Syngnathidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 34 (13): 575–605. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.34.1982.243 .
  3. ↑ Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
  4. ↑ McClatchie, S.; Middleton, J.; Pattiaratchi, C.; Currie, D.; Kendrick, G. (2006). The South-west Marine Region: Ecosystems and Key Species Groups. Department of the Environment and Water Resources.
  5. ↑ Kendrick, A.J.; Hyndes, G.A. (2005). "Variations in the dietary compositions of morphologically diverse syngnathid fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 72 (4): 415–427. doi:10.1007/s10641-004-2597-y. S2CID   23797922.
  6. ↑ Breder, C.M.; Rosen, D.E. (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. Neptune City, New Jersey: T.F.H. Publications.
  7. ↑ Browne, R.K.; Smith, K. (2007). "A new pipefish, Stigmatopora narinosa(Syngnathidae) from south Australia". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 64: 1–6. doi: 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.1 .
  8. ↑ Parkinson, K.L.; Booth, D.J. (2016). "Rapid growth and short life spans characterize pipefish populations in vulnerable seagrass beds". Journal of Fish Biology. 88 (5): 1847–1855. doi:10.1111/jfb.12950. hdl: 10453/43983 . PMID   27005315.


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