Long-snouted pipefish
(Redirected from Stigmatopora macropterygia)
| Long-snouted pipefish | |
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| Stigmatopora macropterygia seen in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Stigmatopora |
| Species: | S. macropterygia
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmatopora macropterygia A. H. A. Duméril, 1870
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The long-snouted pipefish (Stigmatopora macropterygia) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae
Physical description
[edit]Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in).
Distribution
[edit]It is found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, at depths of a few metres.[2][3]
Conservation status
[edit]In 2016 its status in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was listed as Least Concern.[4]
See also
[edit]- Longsnout pipefish, Leptonotus norae
References
[edit]- ^ Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Stigmatopora macropterygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T88342975A115514525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88342975A88342982.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stigmatopora macropterygia". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
- ^ IUCN (20 January 2016). Stigmatopora macropterygia: Carlyle, C. & Pollom, R.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T88342975A115514525 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t88342975a88342982.en.
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