Long-snouted pipefish

Long-snouted pipefish
Stigmatopora macropterygia seen in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Stigmatopora
Species:
S. macropterygia
Binomial name
Stigmatopora macropterygia
Synonyms
  • Stigmatopora longirostris Hutton, 1872

The long-snouted pipefish (Stigmatopora macropterygia) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae

Physical description

Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in) and is eel-like in appearance

Breeding

The male is ovoviviparous and carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail. Males probably brood when about 24-25 cm in length.

Distribution

It is found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, generally at depths of less than 7.5 m. It can be found in intertidal algal beds, and also on wharves and pilings.

Conservation status

In 2016 its status in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was listed as Least Concern.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Stigmatopora macropterygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T88342975A115514525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88342975A88342982.en.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stigmatopora macropterygia". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ↑ Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
  4. ↑ Dawson, C. E. (1985). Indo-Pacific pipefishes: Red Sea to the Americas. Ocean Springs, Miss., U.S.A: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. ISBN 978-0-917235-00-9.
  5. ↑ IUCN (20 January 2016). Stigmatopora macropterygia: Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T88342975A115514525 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t88342975a88342982.en.