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Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) 
AphiaID: 218035

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily) > Syngnathoides (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Syngnathoides Bleeker, 1851
Synonymised
taxa
  Stigmatophora unicolor Castelnau, 1875
Syngnathoides bicauleatus (Bloch, 1785) (misspelling)
Syngnathoides biculeatus (Bloch, 1785) (misspelling)
Syngnathoides blochii Bleeker, 1851
Syngnathus biaculeatus Bloch, 1785
Syngnathus tetragonus Thunberg, 1776
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, 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 alligator pipefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Mtwapa [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in protected coastal shallows over or among algae, seagrasses, or floating weeds (Ref. 1602). Juveniles occasionally found near the surface (Ref. 4281). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218035
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). Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785). 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=218035 on 2013-06-19
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