Spiny pipehorse

Spiny pipehorse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Solegnathus
Species:
S. spinosissimus
Binomial name
Solegnathus spinosissimus
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
  • Solenognathus spinosissimus Günther, 1870
  • Solenognathus fasciatus Günther, 1880
  • Solegnathus fasciatus

The spiny pipehorse (Solegnathus spinosissimus) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean on rocky or coral reefs to depths of 230 metres (750 ft). Length is up to 50 centimetres (20 in).


Solenognathus fasciatus

References

  1. ^ Pollom, R. (2017). "Solegnathus spinosissimus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T20318A67623085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T20318A67623085.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Solegnathus spinosissimus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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