Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 19; Anal soft rays: 4. Superior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous; inferior trunk ridge ending at anal ring; lateral trunk ridge continuous with inferior tail ridge; body rings 14 or 15 + 25-25. Colors vary with habitat, colorful on algae-rubble and dull on sand (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

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Ornate pipefish , English , Australia

Ornate pipefish , English , Micronesia

Whiskered pipefish , English , Australia

Whiskered pipefish , English , Indonesia

Winged pipefish , English , Australia

Viiksikoruneula , Finnish , Finland

大吻海蠋魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大吻海蠋鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

巨吻海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

巨吻海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Syngnathidae

Genus: Halicampus

Species: Halicampus macrorhynchus Bamber, 1915

Climate Zone

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Location

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Biology

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Adults inhabit reef flats where it is found in seagrass areas, among coral rubble and algae-covered rocks. Juveniles occur with round-leafed seagrasses on sand slopes, usually settling from pelagic state at about 8 cm long. Adults on sand or algae covered reefs to about 25 m depth (Ref. 48635). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Solitary or in pairs (Ref 90102).

Habitat

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associated