Vanacampus phillipi

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Port Phillip pipefish
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Syngnathus phillipi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Vanacampus
Species:
V. phillipi
Binomial name
Vanacampus phillipi
Lucas 1891 [2]

Vanacampus phillipi, also known as the Port Phillip pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [2] They can be found inhabiting seaweed and seagrass beds along the southern coast of Australia from Perth to Jervis Bay, New South Wales including the coast of Tasmania. [3] [4] Their diet consists of small crustaceans such as copepods, amphipods, and mysid shrimps. [5] [6] [7] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth to 50 or less offspring. [5] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Rachinski, T.; Pollom, R. (2016). "Vanacampus phillipi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T65375571A67622360. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T65375571A67622360.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Rachinski, T.; Pollom, R. "Vanacampus phillipi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
  4. ↑ Bray, J.D.; Thompson, V. "Port Phillip Pipefish, Vanacampus phillipi (Lucas 1891)".
  5. 1 2 Howard, R.K.; Koehn, J.D. (1985). "Population dynamics and feeding ecology of pipefish (Syngnathidae) associated with eelgrass beds of Western Port, Victoria". Marine and Freshwater Research. 36 (3): 361–370. doi:10.1071/mf9850361.
  6. ↑ Edgar, G.J.; Shaw, C. (1995). "The production and tropic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia. III. General relationships between sediments, seagrasses, invertebrates and fishes". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology: 107–131. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(95)00085-2.
  7. ↑ Kendrick, A.J.; Hyndes, G.E. (2003). "Patterns in the abundance and size-distribution of syngnathid fishes among habitats in a seagrass-dominated marine environment". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 56: 1–10.
  8. ↑ Martin-Smith, K. (2003). Role of syngnathids in shallow coastal ecosystems of southeastern Australia. Cronulla, Australia: ), Towards Ecosystem-based Fishery Management in New South Wales: Proceedings of the Experts and Data Workshop. pp. 89–100.


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