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Doryrhamphus negrosensis Herre, 1934

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 19.

Common Names

  • Flagtail pipefish , English , Australia
  • Masthead Island pipefish , English , Australia
  • Negros pipefish , English , Guam
  • Negros pipefish , English , Micronesia
  • Queensland flagtail pipefish , English , Australia
  • Sesuji-yôji , Japanese , Japan
  • 双棘矛吻海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙棘矛吻海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dagum-dagum , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Doryrhamphus

    Species: Doryrhamphus negrosensis Herre, 1934

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Borneo to Vanuatu, north to the Yaeyama Islands, south to Rowley Shoals; Belau and Yap in Micronesia.

    • Biology

    Inhabits mud and reef flats (Ref. 205); benthic (Ref. 75154). Solitary, in pairs or small groups in sea crevices or sheltering among sea urchin spines (Ref 90102). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless