Yellow ribbon pipefish
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Yellow banded pipefish ( Dunckerocampus pessuliferus ) |
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The yellow banded pipefish ( Dunckerocampus pessuliferus ) is a small species of pipefish found in the tropical western Pacific . Their exact distribution area ranges from the Philippine Sulu Archipelago to the north of Sulawesi , along the Wallace Line to Bali and the Montebello Islands off the northwest coast of Australia .
features
The fish are 16 centimeters long. Their bodies are orange, rust brown to black and are patterned by narrow yellow rings. Like all flag- tail pipefish , they have a fan-shaped caudal fin. The snout is long and pipette-like . It differs from the very similar multi- banded pipefish ( Dunckerocampus multiannulatus ) by the yellow color of the rings and the pattern on the caudal fin . The caudal fin of the yellow-banded pipefish is red, with a yellow center and a white upper edge.
Way of life
The yellow banded pipefish mainly lives on the muddy seabed near solitary coral sticks. It prefers water depths that are not affected by the impact of the waves, up to a maximum depth of 45 meters. The fish feed on very small crustaceans (especially copepods ) and often clean larger fish.
Adult yellow band pipefish usually live in pairs. Like all pipefish, they are oviparous , the eggs are taken over by the female after they are laid by the male, who carries them around on the spongy side of the abdomen 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
- Yellow-banded pipefish on Fishbase.org (English)