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Cosmocampus retropinnis Dawson, 1982

Common Names

  • 后翼环宇海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 後翼環宇海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Cosmocampus

    Species: Cosmocampus retropinnis Dawson, 1982

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: off south Morocco to Gambia (24°35'30"N, 13°31'N).

    • Biology

    Adults inhabit oceanic and coastal waters. Known only from pelagic sub-adults taken in stramin nets or midwater trawls (Ref. 4509). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    oceanic

    Conservation Status

    Data deficient

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless