Renny's pipefish
📖 Overview
Collected at 1-3 m depth from where it occurs on steady sloping, sandy-rubble shallows (> 1 m) to about 15-20 m depth .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal soft rays: 4. The species of Choeroichthys is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 16, A, 4, P 11; without keels on scutella; total body rings is 40 (15 trunk rings + 25 tail rings); subdorsal rings is 3.75; snout relatively short with its length 2.8 in head length, snout depth 2.4 in snout length, head length 7.1 in SL. Colouration: live color similar to preserved, mainly dark brown with noticeable white bars ventrally on the lower jaw and radiating from the eye; white spots and short bands along the edge of the gill opening .: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Renny's pipefish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 20 m . Tropical Central Pacific: Indonesia (Western Papua).
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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