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Bryx dunckeri (pugnose pipefish) is a species of pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina to Florida and the Bahamas, in the Gulf of Mexico, and off South America to Macau, Brazil. [ 1 ]
Festucalex erythraeus, known commonly as the red pipefish, [2] [3] is a species of marine pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Pacific , from Mozambique and South Africa to Hawaii, Honshu (Japan), and New Caledonia. [ 1 ]
Corythoichthys benedetto, commonly known as Benedetto's pipefish, is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It inhabits the Indo-West Pacific, near Thailand , Myanmar , Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , and Australia. [ 1 ]
Male seahorses have a specialized ventral brood pouch to carry the embryos, male sea dragons attach the eggs to their tails, and male pipefish may do either, depending on their species. [4] The most fundamental difference between the different lineages of the family Syngnathidae is the location of male brood pouch. [5]
The ventral seams are not opened until weeks later when the male pipefish give birth. [6] The subcaudal pouch of the male of the black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus abaster) A physical limit exists for the number of eggs a male pipefish can carry, so males are considered to be the limiting sex.
The brown-banded pipefish is a small size fish and can reach a maximum size of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) length. [3] The skin has a base colour of light tan with broad reddish-brown bands on the body, each 3–4 rings wide, which lie across the side and dorsal surfaces, occasionally these are divided to form two closely set bands, and sometimes they are indistinct on the posterior third of the tail.
The Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) is a species of pipefish in the member of the taxonomic family Sygnathidae. [3] Syngnathus scovelli is native to the region of south Florida, United States , the Atlantic Ocean , etc. [ 4 ] S. scovelli is similar to Microphis brachyurus .
The fish is generally 33 cm to 35 cm in length with a reported maximum length of 47 cm. They are almost square in each segment of the body, and known to feel rigid when handled. The greater pipefish has distinctive body rings which are a sandy brown with darker bars covering its body in between. [6] [5] Fossil of Syngnathus acus from Pliocene ...