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Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854 
AphiaID: 217977

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Solenostomidae (Family) > Solenostomus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Solenostomus Lacepède, 1803
Synonymised
taxa
  Solenichthys paegnius (Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
Solenichthys raceki Whitley, 1955
Solenostoma cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854 (misspelling)
Solenostomatichthys bleekeri (Duméril, 1870)
Solenostomus bleekeri Duméril, 1870
Solenostomus bleekerii Duméril, 1870
Solenostomus paeginus Jordan & Thompson, 1914 (misspelling)
Solenostomus paegnius Jordan & Thompson, 1914
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[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 ghost pipefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Comores [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits coastal reefs and weedy areas. Always found in pairs. Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 1602). [details]
Image 
Solenostomus cyanopterus
Solenostomus cyanopterus
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217977
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854. 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=217977 on 2013-05-24
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