Biology:Minyichthys myersi
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Minyichthys |
| Species: | M. myersi
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| Minyichthys myersi (Herald & J. E. Randall, 1972) [1]
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Minyichthys myersi, also known as Myer's pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.[1] They can be found inhabiting coral in many areas of the Indo-Pacific including Mauritius, Indonesia, Philippines , Papua New Guinea, and French Polynesia.[2][3] Their diet likely consists of small crustaceans such as copepods and amphipods.[4] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth.[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of George S. Myers (1905-1985), from Stanford University.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pollom, R.. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/65371194/115428673. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
- ↑ Randall, J.E.; Mckeon, C.S.; Anker, A.; Bacchet, P. (2010). "First records of the pipefishes Minyichthys myersi and Micrognathus andersonii from the Society Islands". Cybium 34 (3): 315–316.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families AULOSTOMIDAE, CENTRISCIDAE, FISTULARIIDAE, SOLENOSTOMIDAE and SYNGNATHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/syngnathiformes1/.
External links
- Minyichthys myersi at FishBase
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