Snake pipefish
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit inshore waters, among algae. Females with 1,000 or more ovarian eggs . Feed on small crustaceans and fish fry . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0. Gill opening reduced to a pore located in the membrane above the opercle. Gill membranes fused to the body and isthmus. Superior trunk and tail ridges continuous, inferior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous, lateral trunk ridge confluent with inferior tail ridge. Brood area of male located under trunk. Rings: 28-31+60-69; Dorsal 37-47; Sub-dorsal 11-7+2-4; Caudal 4-9, rudimentary.: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Snake pipefish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Males carry the eggs.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 5 - 100 m , usually 5 - 100 m . Temperate; 64°N - 30°N, 32°W - 14°E
🌿 Ecology
small crustaceans and fish fry (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | ocean pipefish · Snake Fish · Snake Pipefish |
| 🌍BRE | garennou |
| 🏳️Catalan | Entelurus aequoreus |
| 🌍CES | jehla velká |
| 🌍CYM | pibell fôr hir · Pibellau Môr Hir |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Snippe |
| 🇩🇪German | Grosse Schlangennadel |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Merineula |
| 🇫🇷French | Entélure · grand serpent de mer · tuyau de pipe |
| 🌍ISL | Stóra sænál |
| 🌍LAV | Lielā čūskzivs |
| 🌍LIT | Didžioji adatžuvė |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Adderzeenaald |
| 🌍NNO | stor havnål · tangnål |
| 🌍NOB | stor havnål · tangnål · værspåmann |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Stor havnål · Store tangnål |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Wezyna |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Agulhinha · Peixe-cachimbo-serpente |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Zmeyevidnaja igla‐ryba · Большая змеевидная игла-рыба |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Fusta · Pez Pipa Serpiente |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Större havsnål |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 金海龍 |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Snake pipefish.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 12 records indexed .
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