Pugnaso

Pugnaso
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Syngnathidae
Subfamily:Syngnathinae
Genus:Pugnaso
Whitley, 1948
Species: P. curtirostris
Binomial name
Pugnaso curtirostris
(Castelnau, 1872)
Synonyms[2]
  • Syngnathus curtirostris Castelnau, 1872
  • Syngnathus caretta Klunzinger, 1880

Pugnaso curtirostris, the pug-nosed pipefish, is a species of pipefish endemic to the coastal waters of southern Australia. It is found down to a depth of about 11 metres (36 ft) in beds of seagrasses of the genera Posidonia and Zostera. This species grows to a length of 18.2 centimetres (7.2 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Aylesworth, L. & Pollom, R. (2016). "Pugnaso curtirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T65373532A67621208. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Pugnaso curtirostris" in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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