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Syngnathus fuscus Storer, 1839 
AphiaID: 159451

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily) > Syngnathus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English northern pipefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feed on copepods, amphipods, fish eggs and larvae [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence to northeastern Florida [details]

Habitat: Found in sea grass beds in bays and estuaries at depths of 5- 366 m. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Predators: Black seabass [details]
Image 
Syngnathus fuscus - Northern pipefish
Syngnathus fuscus - Northern pipefish
added on 2010-12-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marie-Hélène Thériault ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159451
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 07:43:33Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Syngnathus fuscus Storer, 1839. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159451 on 2013-05-19
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