Cosmocampus albirostris

White-nose pipefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Syngnathidae
Genus:Cosmocampus
Species: C. albirostris
Binomial name
Cosmocampus albirostris
Kaup, 1856
Synonyms[1]
  • Corythoichthys albirostris Kaup, 1856
  • Corythoichthys brederi Parr, 1930
  • Siphostoma zatropis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Cosmocampus albirostris (white-nose pipefish) is a marine fish of the family Syngnathidae.[2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, along the US coast from North Carolina to Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, along the Yucatan Peninsula to Cuba, in the Caribbean from Puerto Rico to Grenada, and along Central and South America to southern Brazil.[1] It lives among coral reefs, sea floor rubble, and sparse algae to depths of about 40 metres (130 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 20 centimetres (7.9 in). This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs in a brood pouch and giving birth to live young[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Williams, J.T.; Brenner, J. & Pollom, R. (2015). "Cosmocampus albirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T46108119A46959081. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Cosmocampus albirostris" in FishBase. February 2018 version.

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