Stigmatopora macropterygia, Long-snouted pipefish

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Stigmatopora macropterygia Duméril, 1870

Long-snouted pipefish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Stigmatopora: Greek, stigma = mark, signal + Greek, poros = porous (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Duméril.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand and the Auckland Islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 24.5, range 24 - 25 cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5316)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in intertidal algal beds, as well as wharves and pilings. Usually at depths less than 7.5 m. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Males probably brooding at about 24-25 cm TL.

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Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).

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Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 January 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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