Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 Recherche rapide

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  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Boepens-pypvis (Afrikaans), Belly pipefish (English) .
  • Current distribution known : in the Indo-West Pacific from Kenya and South Africa to the Solomon Islands, and from southern Japan to New South Wales on the eastern Australian coast .
  • Food habits / trophic level : known to feed on small crustaceans, especially calanoid and cyclopoid copepods and chydorid cladocerans but also dipteran and ephemopteran larvae .
  • Habitat / home range : common in the lower reaches of rivers and streams, and in estuarine habitats .
  • Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 .
  • Reproduction : female deposits eggs on the ventral surface of the male's trunk or tail, where they are incubated for several weeks. The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
  • Size : 150 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Bombonia luzonica Herre, 1927: 275, pl. 2, fig. 1, 2. Type locality: "Lake Taal, between Ambulong and Talisay".
    • Bombonia uxorius Herre, 1935: 395. Type locality: "Waigiu Island". Holotype FMNH n° 17.493.
    • Corythroichthys matterni Fowler, 1918: 11, fig. 5. Type locality: "Philippine Islands". Holotype ANSP n° 47.484.
    • Corythroichthys pullus Smith & Seale, 1906: 75, fig. Type locality: "Rio Grande, Mindanao". Holotype USNM n° 55.621.
    • Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849: 15. Type locality: "In Freto madurae prope Kammal et Surabaya". Neotype RMNH n° 7.324.
    • Syngnathus djarong Bleeker, 1853: 22. Type locality: "Panimbang, Javae occidentalis, in fluviis".
    • Syngnathus djarong luzonica: Aurich, 1935: 98. Type locality: "Taal-See, Zentral-Luzon, Philippinen".
    • Syngnathus Helfrichii Bleeker, 1855: 428. Type locality: "Bandjermasin, in fluviis". Syntypes RMNH n° 7.232 (1), BMNH n° 1867.11.28: 348 (1).
    • Syngnathus parviceps Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887: 475. Type locality: "Clarence River". Holotype AMS n° I.19l.
    • Syngnathus spicifer var. rivalis Peters, 1869 c: 276. Type locality: Basey River, Samar; Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Syntypes ZMB 732, ZMB 6631.
  • Use and trade : this species is probably collected from the wild for the aquarium trade .