Overview
Family : Pipefishes and seahorses ; Occurs in rocky reefs. Appears to feed nocturnally, and usually found swimming upside down in caves or under ledges during the day. Ovoviviparous[1]. The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Males may be brooding at 6.3 cm SL .
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Upside-Down Pipefish, Western Upside-Down Pipefish
Common Names in Finnish:
Yömerineula
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
宫海龙鱼, 宮海龍魚
Description
Habitat
Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Syngnathiformes
()
- Family:
Syngnathidae
()
- Subfamily:
Syngnathinae
()
- Genus:
Heraldia
()
- Paxton, 1975
- Specific name:
nocturna
- Paxton, 1975
- Scientific name: - Heraldia nocturna Paxton, 1975
- Specific name:
nocturna
- Paxton, 1975
- Genus:
Heraldia
(
- Subfamily:
Syngnathinae
(
- Family:
Syngnathidae
(
- Order:
Syngnathiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Dooley, J.K. and J.R. Paxton A new species of
tilefish (family
Branchiostegidae) from eastern Australia. Proc.
Linn. Soc. New South Wales 99(3):151-156., 1975.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Heraldia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. nocturna (Western Upside-Down Pipefish)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 184.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Kottelat, Maurice (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 128792
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-112315
- Fishbase Species ID: 46137
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 644913
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 112894
Footnotes
- Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. [back]
