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Dunckerocampus pessuliferus

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Species of fish

Yellowbanded pipefish
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Dunckerocampus
Species: D. pessuliferus
Binomial name
Dunckerocampus pessuliferus
Fowler, 1938
Synonyms

Doryrhamphus pessuliferus (Fowler, 1938)

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus (yellowbanded pipefish), occasionally Doryrhamphus pessuliferus, is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is a coastal species, inhabiting waters around the Coral Triangle, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and northwestern Australia. It lives in coral patches on sandy and muddy slopes at depths of 15–44 metres (49–144 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 16 centimetres (6.3 in). It is an active cleaner, feeding off of parasitic crustaceans growing on other fishes. The adult fish form pairs and are normally observed swimming along the bottom around large remote coral heads on muddy slopes. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs and giving birth to live young.

It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade, but is protected in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Identifying features

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus at Wakatobi National Park, 2016

The head and body of D. pessuliferus have alternating reddish-brown and yellow bands, while the tail is mostly red with a yellow spot in the center and marginal white markings.

References

  1. ^ Pollom, R. (2017) . "Dunckerocampus pessuliferus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T65367059A115421785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T65367059A67624145.en.
  2. Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dunckerocampus pessuliferus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  4. Thompson, Vanessa; Bray, Dianne. "Yellowbanded Pipefish, Doryrhamphus pessuliferus". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. Thompson, Vanessa J. & Dianne J. Bray, Dunckerocampus pessuliferus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Jan 2018, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3180

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Taxon identifiers
Dunckerocampus pessuliferus
Doryrhamphus pessuliferus
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