Broadband pipefish
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Broadband pipefish swims with its belly to the substrate (here left) in the Gulf of Aqaba near Dahab . |
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| Kuiter , 1998 |
The broadband pipefish ( Dunckerocampus boylei ) is a small species of pipefish that occurs in the Red Sea and in the tropical Indian Ocean , east to Bali. It lives very hidden in water depths of 20 to 95 meters and is easily overlooked.
features
The fish are just over 16 centimeters long. Her body is white and is patterned by 21 wide, red-brown rings. Like all flag- tail pipefish , they have a fan-shaped caudal fin. The snout is very long and pipette-like . It differs from the very similar banded pipefish ( Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus ) by the wider rings and the pattern on the caudal fin . The tail fin of the broadband pipefish has a red-brown center, the upper and lower edges are white, the rear black.
Like all pipefish, they are oviparous , the eggs are taken over by the female from the male after they are laid in order to carry them on the spongy underside of the tail until the larvae hatch.
literature
- Rudie H. Kuiter : Seahorses, pipefish, shredded fish and their relatives , 2001, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-8001-3244-3
Web links
- Broadband pipefish on Fishbase.org (English)