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Long-snouted pipefish
Stigmatopora macropterygia seen in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Stigmatopora
Species:	S. macropterygia
Binomial name
Stigmatopora macropterygia A. H. A. Duméril, 1870
Synonyms
Stigmatopora longirostris Hutton, 1872

The long-snouted pipefish (Stigmatopora macropterygia) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae

Physical description

Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in).

Distribution

It is found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, at depths of a few metres.

Conservation status

In 2016 its status in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was listed as Least Concern.

See also

• Longsnout pipefish, Leptonotus norae

References

1. Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R. (2017) . "Stigmatopora macropterygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T88342975A115514525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88342975A88342982.en.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stigmatopora macropterygia". FishBase. February 2018 version.
3. Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
4. IUCN (20 January 2016). Stigmatopora macropterygia: Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T88342975A115514525 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t88342975a88342982.en.

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