Biology:Pseudophallus mindii

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Short description: Species of fish

Freshwater pipefish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Pseudophallus
Species:
P. mindii
Binomial name
Pseudophallus mindii
Meek & Hildebrand 1923 [1]

Pseudophallus mindii, also known as the freshwater pipefish is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.[1] They can be found in freshwater coastal rivers and mangrove estuaries ranging from Belize to Brazil .[2] Members of this species can grow to lengths of 16 cm and their diet likely consists of small crustaceans.[2][3] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pollom, R.. "Pseudophallus mindii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/65373278/115431634#taxonomy. Retrieved 13 May 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dawson, C.E. (1982). "Family Syngnathidae: The Pipefishes". Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 1 (8): 1–172. 
  3. Kendrick, A.J.; Hyndes, G.A. (2005). "Variations in the dietary compositions of morphologically diverse syngnathid fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 72 (4): 415–427. doi:10.1007/s10641-004-2597-y. 
  4. Breder, C.M.; Rosen, D.E. (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. Neptune City, New Jersey: T.F.H. Publications. 
  5. Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs. 

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