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Bhanotia fasciolata (Duméril, 1870)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 29 - 35; Anal soft rays: 3. Head raised with ridge from behind eyes. Indistinct dark bars below head (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

  • Barbed pipefish , English , Australia
  • Barbed pipefish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Corrugated pipefish , English , Indonesia
  • 侧条滨海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 側條濱海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dagum-dagum , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Bhanotia

    Species: Bhanotia fasciolata (Duméril, 1870)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: Andaman Sea to Vanuatu.

    • Biology

    Found on coral reefs of inshore waters (Ref. 75154). Live openly on muddy or silty substrates (Ref. 48635). Benthic species (Ref. 75154). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). Males carry the eggs in their brood pouches (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless