FB-5980 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Syngnathoides Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) Kaaiman-pypvis Grøn tangnål Alligator pipefish Double-end pipehorse Double-ended pipefish Double-ended Pipefish Double-ended pipehorse Painted flute mouth Spiraltail pipefish Alligaattorineula Longue-flûte Undup buaya Togeyôji Hilitasi-tasi Pulchala പുല്ചാള Tangkur buaya Tongkur buaya Undok-undok Undok-undok buaya Cá Chìa vôi Dagum-dagum Fipumas 拟海龙 擬海龍 棘海龍 棘海龙 Solegnathus blochii (Bleeker, 1851) Stigmatophora unicolor Castelnau, 1875 Syngnathoides bicauleatus (Bloch, 1785) Syngnathoides biculeatus (Bloch, 1785) Syngnathoides blochii Bleeker, 1851 Syngnathus biaculeatus Bloch, 1785 Syngnathus tetragonus Thunberg, 1776 1992-06-16 2013-03-01 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sybia_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Sybia_u0.jpg FB-pic-5980-20385 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-10 2000-10-24 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sybia_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Sybia_u1.jpg FB-pic-5980-20386 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sybia_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Sybia_u3.jpg Locality: Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines. FB-GeneralDescr-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-16 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occur in protected coastal shallows over or among algae, seagrasses (Ref. 41878), or floating weeds (Ref. 1602). Juveniles occasionally found near the surface (Ref. 4281). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The males carry the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Used in Chinese medicine to extract Hailong, one of the important drugs (Ref. 12206). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35416). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-08-31 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Variable green to brown or grey, depending on habitat (Ref. 48635).Description: Characterized by variable white and dark markings on body; absence of caudal fin; rings 15-18 + 40-54; continuous superior and inferior trunk ridge with respective tail ridges; inconspicuous inferior trunk ridge; dorsally deflected lateral trunk ridge behind anal ring, ends below superior tail ridge near rear base of dorsal fin; length of snout 1.7-1.8 in head length; depth of snout 5.3-7.8 in snout length; head length 4.9-6.3 in SL (Ref. 90102). Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-Morphology-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-08-31 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 38 - 48; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 4 Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-Distribution-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-16 00:00:00 2024-12-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and Knysna, South Africa (Ref. 4281) to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Uses-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-16 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums Joannot, P. 1997 List of fishes in the Noumea aquarium. Unpublished. (Ref. 13603) Joannot, P. 1997 List of fishes in the Noumea aquarium. Unpublished. (Ref. 13603) FB-LifeCycle-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-06-16 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=5980&StockCode=6289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205). Takahashi, E., R.M. Connolly and S.Y. Lee 2003 Growth and reproduction of double-ended pipefish, <i>Syngnathoides biaculeatus</i>, in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Environ. Biol. Fishes 67(1):23-33. (Ref. 50498) FB-TrophicStrategy-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1996-11-26 00:00:00 2008-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public biaculeatus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occur in protected coastal shallows over or among algae, seagrasses, or floating weeds (Ref. 1602). Juveniles occasionally found near the surface (Ref. 4281). Feed on benthic invertebrates and zooplankton (Ref. 11889). Thollot, P. 1996 Les poissons de mangrove du lagon sud-ouest de Nouvelle-Calédonie. ORSTOM Éditions, Paris. (Ref. 11889) FB-Size-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-16 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 29.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4281)) Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5980 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-16 00:00:00 2013-03-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5980 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 90102) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)