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Choeroichthys suillus Whitley, 1951

Pigsnout pipefish
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Common names: Barred short-bodied pipefish, Pigsnout pipefish, Pig-snouted pipefish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Port Denison and around Cape Kimberly, Queensland, from McCluer I., Northern Territory, and from Jurien Bay and the Port Denison area in Western Australia. Museum: Port Denison, Queensland, AMS IA.1806 (Holotype) (Ref. 5316).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Johnson, J.W., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

粗鳍猪海龙, Barred short-bodied pipefish, Pig-snouted pipefish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Nerophinae
Etymology: Choeroichthys: Greek, choiros = a pig + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Whitley.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 14 m (Ref. 5316).   Tropical

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