Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Lévêque, 1992a | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003c | Snoeks & Vreven, 2007 .
  • Common names : Subtropical-tropical Trunk-pouch Pipefish (English), Grosse Süsswassernadel (German), Musongo (Kombe: Equatorial Guinea) .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to the Eastern Central Atlantic and is known from Dakar, Senegal to near N'zeto (formerly Ambrizette), Angola .
  • Distribution_references : Dawson, 1984 | Lévêque, 1992a | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003c | Snoeks & Vreven, 2007 .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in coastal rivers, streams and estuaries. Found in sea grasses and above sandy substrates in shallow water near shore a.o. .
  • Habitat_references : Snoeks & Vreven, 2007 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Dawson, 1984 | Lévêque, 1992a | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003c | Snoeks & Vreven, 2007 .
  • Reproduction : breeds in fresh water. Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch found under the tail. Eggs develop in the brood pouch for 1-3 weeks, until young of about 1.5 cm TL leave the pouch .
  • Reproduction_references : Snoeks & Vreven, 2007 .
  • Size : 200 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Doryichthys aculeatus Kaup, 1856 c: 61. Type locality: "Egypt" (in error). Holotype BMNH n° 1978.1.16: 2.
    • Doryichthys Falkensteini Reichenow, 1878 b: 92. Type locality: "Loango-Küste".
    • Doryichthys Juillerati Rochebrune, 1880: 168. Type locality: "Rade de Dakar et Gorée". Holotype MNHN n° A.2622.
    • Doryichthys macropterus Poll, 1953 f: 250, fig. 101. Type locality: "07° 16' S-12° 17' E, au large à 35 milles W. d'Ambrizette". Holotype ISNB n° 196.
    • Microphis (Doryichthys) Smithii Duméril, 1870 c: 599. Type locality: "Old Calabar".
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Dawson, 1984 .