Lophocampus retzii, Ragged-tail pipefish

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Lophocampus retzii (Bleeker, 1856)

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: More on author: Bleeker.

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

Freshwater; demersal; depth range ? - 5 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 19°N - 21°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia and Oceania: Indonesia and the Philippines southeastward to Ponape [=Pohnpei] and Samoa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 7 - ? cm
Max length : 14.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5316)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32-42; Anal soft rays: 3 - 4. Body rings: Trunk 16; tail 30-31 (Ref. 6820).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Majority of collections are from freshwater streams and rivers. Probably reaches 14.5 cm SL. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Males may be brooding at 6.6 cm SL (Ref. 5316).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 November 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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