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Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919)

Common Names

  • Duncker's pipefish , English , Cuba
  • Pugnose pipefish , English , Bahamas
  • Pugnose Pipefish , English , Cuba
  • Pugnose pipefish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Pugnose pipefish , English , USA
  • Mopsineula , Finnish , Finland
  • 邓氏渊海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鄧氏淵海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Peixe-cachimbo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Cornetica enana , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Pez pina ñato , Spanish , Mexico
  • Trompetero nariz-corto , Spanish , Cuba

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Bryx

    Species: Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to the West Indies; extending to northern South America (Ref. 7251). Lesser Antilles (Ref. 26938).

    • Biology

    A semi-pelagic and insular species commonly found in shallow turtle-grass beds (Ref. 5521). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless