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Deep-bodied pipefish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Leptonotus
Species:
L. blainvilleanus
Binomial name
Leptonotus blainvilleanus
( Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) [1]
Synonyms
  • Syngnathus blainvilleanus Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
  • Leptonotus blainvillianus (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)
  • Syngnathus acicularis Jenyns, 1842
  • Hemithylacus petersii Duméril, 1870
  • Acmonotus chilensis Philippi, 1896

The deep-bodied pipefish (Leptonotus blainvilleanus) is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [1] They can be found in shallow estuaries and algal beds along the coast of South America from Ecuador to Argentina. [2] [3] [4] Predators of this species include mackerel and the La Plata dolphin. [5] [6] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity: the eggs are carried in a pouch under the tail of the male until they hatch. [2] [7] [8]

Size

This species reaches a length of 25.0 cm (9.8 in). [9]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist-anatomist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850) [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pollom, R. (2015). "Leptonotus blainvilleanus". doi: 10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t65369760a67623831.en. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)
  2. ^ a b Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
  3. ^ Kuiter, R.H. (2000). Seahorses, Pipefishes and their Relatives. A Comprehensive Guide to Syngnathiformes. Chorleywood, UK: TMC Publishing.
  4. ^ "Leptonotus blainvilleanus". Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ^ Rodriguez, D.; Rivero, L.; Bastida, R. "Feeding ecology of the franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals. 1 (Special Issue 1): 77–94.
  6. ^ Alegre, A.; Bertrand, A.; Espino, M.; Espinoza, P.; Dioses, T.; Ninquen, M.; Navarro, I.; Simier, M.; Menard, F. (2015). "Diet diversity of jack and chub mackerels and ecosystem changes in the northern Humboldt Current system: A long-term study". Progress in Oceanography. 137: 299–313. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.07.010.
  7. ^ Sheila Natusch (1 January 1967). Animals of New Zealand. Whitcombe & Tombs. ISBN  9780842614481.
  8. ^ Discovery Reports. Cambridge University Press. 1929.
  9. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Leptonotus blainvilleanus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  10. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families AULOSTOMIDAE, CENTRISCIDAE, FISTULARIIDAE, SOLENOSTOMIDAE and SYNGNATHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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