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Acentronura tentaculata Günther, 1870

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4. Brown in color, dermal flaps blackish. Caudal absent in sub adults and adults. Females are slender and pipefish-like, but larger males are more seahorse-like (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

  • Pypperdjie , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Dwarf pipehorse , English , Australia
  • Northern little pipehorse , English , Australia
  • Pipehorse , English , South Africa
  • Short-pouch pygmy pipehorse , English , Indonesia
  • Short-pouch pygmy pipehorse , English , New Caledonia
  • Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse , English , Australia
  • Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse , English , Global
  • Pseudo-hippocampe pygmée du Mozambique , French , France
  • 南非細尾海馬 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 南非细尾海马 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Acentronura

    Species: Acentronura tentaculata Günther, 1870

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: northern Red Sea and Mozambique to Torres Straits and Queensland, Australia. Also reported from Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964).

    • Biology

    Typically found on small and sparse seagrass or algae that grow adjacent to reefs at shallow to moderate depths. Usually found in pairs (Ref. 48635). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    associated