Description

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Common Names

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Short-keel pipefish , English , Australia

小头多环海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China

小頭多環海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Syngnathidae

Genus: Hippichthys

Species: Hippichthys parvicarinatus (Dawson, 1978)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults occur in freshwater and estuarine habitats. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Brood pouch may be developed at 7.85 cm SL.

Habitat

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brackish