FB-6304 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Syngnathus Syngnathus watermeyeri Smith, 1963 Rivier-pypvis River pipefish River Pipefish Južnoafriško rečno šilo 瓦氏海龍 瓦氏海龙 Syngnathus watermayeri Smith, 1963 1992-08-05 2004-12-14 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) IUCN0 1990 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 288 p. (Ref. 3881) Dawson, C.E.0 Syngnathidae. p. 281-287. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4127) Dawson, C.E.0 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) Dawson, C.E.0 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). 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(Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2004-12-14 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 Occurs in rivers with tidal influence. Found in association with submerged aquatic macrophytes, primarily the eelgrass Zostera capensis (Ref. 26174). Sympatric with Syngnathus acus in the eelgrass beds (Ref. 26174). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-DiagnosticDescr-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-08 00:00:00 2005-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Greenish brown with close-set dark lines on head and pale lines on body (Ref. 4281). Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-Morphology-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-08 00:00:00 2005-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 32; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 3 Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-Distribution-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2025-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Africa: Known only from areas of tidal influence within the Kariega, Kasouga and Bushmans Rivers, South Africa. Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 281-287. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4127) FB-Uses-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2004-12-14 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial FB-LifeCycle-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2004-12-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=6304&StockCode=6617 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205). Whitfield, A.K. 1995 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Syngnathus watermeyeri</i> Smith, 1963 (Syngnathidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 43(2):152. (Ref. 26174) FB-Size-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2004-12-14 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4281)) Dawson, C.E. 1986 Syngnathidae. p. 445-458. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4281) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-6304 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2004-12-14 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6304 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription demersal; brackish