Syngnathus typhle

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Overview

Family : Pipefishes and seahorses ; Usually found along the coasts and estuaries at a temperature range of 8¦ to 24¦C [1]. Often associated with Zostera or other vegetation (Ref. 6733). Spawns in summer[2].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 818 meters (0 to 2,684 feet).[3]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Siphonostoma typhle (Linnaeus • Siphostoma typhle (Linnaeus • Syngnathus argentatus Pallas • Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus • Syngnathus ponticus Pallas • Syngnathus pyrois Risso • Syngnathus rondeletii Delaroche • Syngnathus rotundatus Michahelles • Syngnathus thyphle Linnaeus • Syngnathus thyphle Linnaeus, 1758 • Syngnathus typhle • Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 • Syngnathus viridis Risso • Syphonostoma typhle (Linnaeus • Tiphle hexagonus Rafinesque

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 01-Sep-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Syngnathus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 80 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. abaster (Black-Striped Pipefish) · S. acus (Narrowsnouted Pipefish) · S. aequoreus (Snake Pipe-Fish) · S. affinis (Texas Pipefish) · S. altirostris (Blackchinned Pipefish) · S. analicarens (Pink Pipefish) · S. andersonii (Anderson's Short-Nosed Pipefish) · S. argulus (Flat-Nosed Pipepish) · S. auliscus (Barred Needlefish) · S. balli (Roughridge Pipefish) · S. biaculeatus (Double-Ended Pipefish) · S. bicoarctatus (Short-Tailed Pipefish) · S. blainvilleanus (Deep-Bodied Pipefish) · S. blainvillianus (Deepbodied Pipefish) · S. boaja (Long-Snouted Pipefish) · S. brachycephalus (Crested Pipefish) · S. brachysoma (Short-Bodied Pipefish) · S. brachyurus (Short-Tailed Pipefish) · S. californiensis (Great Pipefish) · S. californiensis leptorhynchus (Kelp Pipefish) · S. carce (Freshwater Pipefish) · S. caribbaeus (Caribbean Pipefish) · S. carinatus (Cortez Pipefish) · S. cinctus (Girdled Pipefish) · S. crinitus (West Indian Pipefish) · S. cuncalus (Crocodile-Tooth Pipefish) · S. cyanospilos (Blue-Speckled Pipefish) · S. cyanospilus (Bluespeckled Pipefish) · S. dactyliophorus (D'Arros Pipefish) · S. deocata (Deocata Pipefish) · S. djarong (Slender Pipefish) · S. dunckeri (Duncker's Pipefish) · S. elucens (Shortfin Pipefish) · S. euchrous (Chocolate Pipefish) · S. exilis (Barcheek Pipefish) · S. fasciolatus (Corrugated Pipefish) · S. fistulatus (Pivothead Pipefish) · S. flavofasciatus (Network Pipefish) · S. floridae (Florida Pipefish) · S. folletti (Southern Pipefish) · S. fuscus (Northern Pipefish) · S. griseolineatus (Bay Pipefish) · S. haematopterus (Yellow-Streaked Pipefish) · S. hardwickii (Hardwicke's Pipefish) · S. heterosoma (Dwarf Pipefish) · S. hippocampus (Short-Snouted Seahorse) · S. hubbsi (Cheasapeake Dusky Pipefish) · S. insulae (Guadalupe Pipefish) · S. leiaspis (Barhead Pipefish) · S. leptorhynchus (Slendernosed Pipefish) · S. louisianae (Louisiana Pipefish) · S. lumbriciformis (Worm Pipe-Fish) · S. macrobrachium (Large-Fin Pipefish) · S. makaxi (Yucatan Pipefish) · S. manadensis (Short-Tailed Pipefish) · S. margaritifer (Mother-Of-Pearl Pipefish) · S. maxweberi (Maxweber's Pipefish) · S. mento (Red Pipefish) · S. modestus (Mollison's Pipefish) · S. nitidus (Longsnouted Pipefish) · S. ophidion (Straight-Nosed Pipe-Fish) · S. pelagicus (Pelagic Pipefish) · S. penicillus (Steep-Nosed Pipefish) · S. phillipi (Port Phillips Pipefish) · S. poecilolaemus (Australian Long-Snouted Pipefish) · S. retzii (Melanesian Stream Pipefish) · S. rostellatus (Nilsons Deepsea Dogfish) · S. schlegeli (Seaweed Pipefish) · S. schleglei (Clipperton Angelfish) · S. scovelli (Scovell's Pipefish) · S. serratus (Crested Pipefish) · S. sohlegli (Bulldog Lightfish) · S. springeri (Bull Pipefish) · S. taenionotus (Darkflank Pipefish) · S. tenuirostris (Narrow-Snouted Pipefish) · S. tetrophthalmus (Trunk-Barred Pipefish) · S. tigris (Tucker's Pipefish) · S. typhle (High-Snouted Pipefish) · S. viridis (Australian Banded Pipe) · S. watermeyeri (River Pipefish)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Niv
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Swedish Board of Fisheries
• - Institute of Coastal Research
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Countryside Council for Wales - Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 139520
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30699
• Fishbase Species ID: 1360
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4469816
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166467
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126101

Footnotes

1. Moreira, F., C.A. Assis, P.R. Almeida, J.L. Costa and M.J. Costa (1992). Trophic relationships in the community of the Upper Tagus Estuary (Portugal: a preliminary approach. Estuar. Coast. Shelf-Sci. 34:617-623. [back]
2. Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. [back]
3. Mean = 48.340 meters (158.596 feet), Standard Deviation = 132.410 based on 439 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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