Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 20. Holotype from 'reef', a brooding male lacks dorsal and pectoral fins, while those fins present in its pouch-larvae. Planktonic specimens at similar size of adults have dorsal fin and pectoral fins. The female looks much like female Acentronura, but have a moderately large caudal fin. The pouch of the male holotype is sac-like, also similar to Acentronura (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

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Briarium pipefish , English , Global

Minute pipefish , English , Indonesia

少鰭海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China

少鳍海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dagum-dagum , Visayan , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Syngnathidae

Genus: Apterygocampus

Species: Apterygocampus epinnulatus Weber, 1913

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Central Pacific: Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

Biology

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Specimens taken at the surface with nightlight and dipnet. May also be found on shallow mudflats with sparse seagrasses. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Found in association with Briareum soft corals (Ref 90102).

Habitat

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demersal