Long-snouted pipefish

The long-snouted pipefish (Stigmatopora macropterygia) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae, found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, at depths of a few metres.[2][3] Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in).

Long-snouted pipefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Stigmatopora
Species:
S. macropterygia
Binomial name
Stigmatopora macropterygia
Synonyms[2]
  • Stigmatopora longirostris Hutton, 1872

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Stigmatopora macropterygia" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. 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


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