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Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 31.

Common Names

  • Beady pipefish , English , Australia
  • Beady pipefish , English , USA
  • Beady pipefish , English , Global
  • Black-chinned pipefish , English , Australia
  • Gazelle pipefish , English , Australia
  • Mangrove pipefish , English , Australia
  • Steep-nosed pipefish , English , Australia
  • Steep-nosed pipefish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Helmineula , Finnish , Finland
  • Ganten-ishi-yôji , Japanese , Japan
  • കോലാന് , Malayalam , India
  • 副海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 副海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 珠海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 珠海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 笔状多环海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 筆狀多環海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Chimfanchorakhe , Thai , Thailand
  • จิ้มฟันจระเข้ , Thai , Thailand

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Hippichthys

    Species: Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Adults inhabit lower reaches of streams and rivers, also seagrass beds in estuaries and other shallow inshore habitats (Ref. 43081, 44894). Occur in mangrove estuaries and tidal creeks (Ref. 44894). Males exhibit parental care by incubating and guarding the eggs in their brood pouch (Ref. 43081). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    freshwater