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Diagnostic Description

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Slender, long snout (1.4-1.7 in head length) (Ref. 26938).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Life Cycle

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Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).
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Susan M. Luna
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 2831
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Biology

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Associated with floating Sargassum (Ref. 4509). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).
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Sargassum pipefish

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The sargassum pipefish (Syngnathus pelagicus) is a species of pipefish found in the western Atlantic: Maine (United States), Bermuda, northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, Nova Scotia, Antilles, and western Caribbean Sea from Yucatan to Colombia. It is a marine subtropical species, up to 18.1 centimetres (7.1 in) maximal length.[2] This is a little-studied species which is found in floating rafts of Sargassum weed where they are believed to feed on planktonic crustacea. Like other pipefish, this is an ovoviviparous species in which the male carries the fertilised eggs in a brood pouch located under his tail.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Syngnathus pelagicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T46109095A46959106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T46109095A46959106.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Syngnathus pelagicus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.

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Sargassum pipefish: Brief Summary

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The sargassum pipefish (Syngnathus pelagicus) is a species of pipefish found in the western Atlantic: Maine (United States), Bermuda, northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, Nova Scotia, Antilles, and western Caribbean Sea from Yucatan to Colombia. It is a marine subtropical species, up to 18.1 centimetres (7.1 in) maximal length. This is a little-studied species which is found in floating rafts of Sargassum weed where they are believed to feed on planktonic crustacea. Like other pipefish, this is an ovoviviparous species in which the male carries the fertilised eggs in a brood pouch located under his tail.

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Distribution

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Maine, southward to the northern coast of Columbia; in the Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, and the Antilles

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Habitat

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associated with floating Sargassum

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Habitat

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