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Hippichthys heptagonus, the belly pipefish, is a species of freshwater pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found from Kenya and South Africa to the Solomon Islands , and from southern Japan to New South Wales . [ 1 ]
Ichthyocampus carce, also known as the freshwater pipefish or Indian freshwater pipefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Syngnathidae. [1] It can be found mainly in freshwater streams, rivers, and estuaries located in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, from Indonesia to the western coast of India.
Pseudophallus mindii, also known as the freshwater pipefish is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [1] They can be found in freshwater coastal rivers and mangrove estuaries ranging from Belize to Brazil. [2] Members of this species can grow to lengths of 16 cm and their diet likely consists of small crustaceans.
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]
Syngnathus is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae found in marine, brackish and sometimes fresh waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. [2] [3] Fossils of these species are found from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene.
Due to their lack of strong swimming ability pipefish are often found in shallow waters that are easily disturbed by industrial runoffs and human recreation. Shorelines are also affected by boats and drag lines that move shoreline sediment. These disturbances cause a decrease in seagrasses and eelgrasses that are vital in pipefish habitats.
Microphis pleurostictus, the Luzon River pipefish (湖沼腹囊海龍), [2] is a species of freshwater pipefish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [1] It can be found only in Batu (Bato) Lake and Yassot Creek located in Luzon, Philippines. [3] [4] The species is ovoviviparous, where males brood eggs and give birth to live young. [4]
Hippichthys spicifer, commonly known as bellybarred pipefish, banded freshwater pipefish, or blue spotted pipefish, is a species of pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Sri Lanka and Samoa . [ 1 ]