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词条 Robust ghost pipefish
释义

  1. Description

  2. Behavior

  3. Distribution

  4. Habitat

  5. References

  6. External links

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| image = Solenostomus cyanopterus.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [1]
| taxon = Solenostomus cyanopterus
| authority = Bleeker, 1854
| synonyms = *Solenostomus bleekerii Duméril, 1870
  • Solenostomatichthys bleekeri (Duméril, 1870)
  • Solenichthys raceki Whitley, 1955

}}

The robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus), also known as the blue-finned ghost pipefish, Racek's ghost pipefish, robust-snouted ghost pipefish or the squaretail ghost-pipefish, is a species of false pipefishes belonging to the family Solenostomidae.

Description

Solenostomus cyanopterus can reach a length of {{convert|17|cm|abbr=on}}[2] and it is the largest of the ghost pipefishes. The body may be grey, brown, pink, yellow, or bright green, with small black and white dots.[2] This cryptic species looks very similar to a drifting piece of seagrass. The caudal fin may be truncated, rounded, or lanceolated; the caudal peduncle is quite short or absent. The pelvic fin is sexually dimorphic.[2] It is an uncommon species related to pipefishes and seahorses. It can be distinguished by the presence of the pelvic fins, the prominent spiny dorsal fin, and 27–35 star-shaped plates on the skin.

Behavior

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Distribution

This species lives in the Red Sea and in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the coast of East Africa to Fiji, southern Japan and Australia.[2]

Habitat

The robust ghost pipefish is mostly pelagic and reef-associated. When it settles on the substrate for breeding, it can be found on coastal reefs and weedy areas, at a depth of {{convert|2|-|25|m|abbr=on}}.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite journal | author1 = Dick, K. | author2 = Pollom, R. | last-author-amp = yes | year = 2016 | title = Solenostomus cyanopterus (errata version published in 2017) | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T65363316A115407689 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T65363316A67621178.en }}
2. ^{{FishBase|Solenostomus|cyanopterus|month=February|year=2018}}

External links

{{Commons category|Solenostomus cyanopterus}}
  • ITIS
  • Australian Museum
  • Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten. Amazing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. Page 116-117.
  • Orr, JW and Fritzsche, RA. 1993. Revision of the Ghost Pipefishes, Family Solenostomidae (Teleostei: Syngnathoidei). Copeia 1993:168–182.
  • Fishes of Australia : Solenostomus halimeda
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2 : Solenostomus|Fish described in 1854

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