Verco's pipefish | |
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Syngnathus vercoi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Genus: | Vanacampus |
Species: | V. vercoi
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Binomial name | |
Vanacampus vercoi Waite & Hale 1921
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Vanacampus vercoi, also known as Verco's pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [2] They can be found inhabiting seaweed and seagrass beds in addition to tidepools at depths between 2–4 meters from Spencer's Gulf to Encounter Bay, South Australia. [3] [4] Their diet likely consists of small crustaceans such as amphipods and copepods. [5] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth. [6]
Verco's pipefish | |
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Syngnathus vercoi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Genus: | Vanacampus |
Species: | V. vercoi
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Binomial name | |
Vanacampus vercoi Waite & Hale 1921
[2]
|
Vanacampus vercoi, also known as Verco's pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. [2] They can be found inhabiting seaweed and seagrass beds in addition to tidepools at depths between 2–4 meters from Spencer's Gulf to Encounter Bay, South Australia. [3] [4] Their diet likely consists of small crustaceans such as amphipods and copepods. [5] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth. [6]