| Long-head pipefish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Trachyrhamphus |
| Species: | T. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachyrhamphus longirostris Kaup 1856 | |
Trachyrhamphus longirostris, also known as the long-head pipefish or straightstick pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. They can be found in muddy estuaries on the continental shelf throughout the Indo-Pacific from Eastern Africa to the Solomon Islands and Japan. The diet of Trachyrhamphus longirostris likely consists of small crustaceans. Adult individuals can grow to be approximately 33 centimeters in length. Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which males brood eggs before giving live birth.
References
- ^ Austin, D.; Pollom, R. "Trachyrhamphus longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
- Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V. (2012). Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Tropical Reef Research.
- Ryer, C.H.; Orth, R.J. (1987). "Feeding ecology of the Northern Pipefish, Syngnathus fuscus, in a seagrass community of the Lower Chesapeake Bay". Coastal Estuarine Research Federation. 10 (4): 330–336.
External links
- Trachyrhamphus longirostris at FishBase
- Trachyrhamphus longirostris at Fishes of Australia