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Main identification features
- snout very long, slender; stripe through head
- dorsal fin long base, 37-54
- tail fin small, black
- operculum: several ridges
- a: tiny, 4
Head long (15-22% of standard length), without spines; snout very long (50-67% of head length), slender (~11% of snout length), straight; mouth strongly oblique, rising above tip of snout; well developed horizontal ridge across center of operculum, with several oblique ridges below it; dorsal fin long, 37-54 rays; pectoral broad base, short fin, central rays shorter than outer rays, 17-23 rays; tail fin small, rounded, 9 rays; anal fin tiny, 4 rays; brood pouch under trunk of body; body with 17-21 rings, tail with 20-26 rings; oval plates between body rings without longitudinal keels; ridges along upper side of body and of tail not joined; ridge on side of body joins ridge on lower side of tail; ridges spiny in juveniles, +/- small spines in adults; tail fin small.
Brownish grey; dark stripe along snout, through eye, across operculum and along upper back to dorsal fin; dorsal fin with brown vertical streaks between rays; tail fin blackish.
Size: 95 cm.
Habitat: estuaries and freshwater.
Depth: shallow 0-10 m.
A west Atlantic species that has passed through the Panama Canal to Panama Bay and spread westward to Costa Rica.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: pelagic fish eggs; zooplankton; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=10; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-85; Eastern limit=-80; Latitudinal range=2; Longitudinal range=5.
Egg Type: Brooded; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: West Atlantic Introducee; TEP non-endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Mangrove; Macroalgae; Freshwater; Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 95 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Continent only; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp.
- Dawson, C.E., 1979., Review of the polytypic doryrhamphine pipefish Oostethus brachyurus (Bleeker)., Bull. Mar. Sci., 29:465-480.
- Dawson, C.E., 1984., Revision of the genus Microphis Kaup (Pisces: Syngnathidae)., Bull. Mar. Sci., 35:117-181.
- Dawson, C.E., 1985., Indo-Pacific Pipefishes., Gulf Coast Research laboratory:230.
- Kaup, J. J., 1856., Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. London., Cat. Lophobranchiate Fish, :1-76.
- McCosker , J. E. and Dawson, C. E., 1975., Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes., Marine Biology, 30:343-351.
- Musick, J.A., Harbin, M.M., Berkeley, S.A., Burgess, G.H. Eklund, A.M., Findley, L., Gilmore, R.G., Golden, J.T., Ha, D.S., Huntsman, G.R., McGovern, J.C., Parker, S.J., Poss, S.G., Sala, E., & Schmidt, T.W., Sedberry, G.R., Weeks, H., Wright, S.G., 2000., Marine, estuarine, and diadromous fish stocks at risk of extinction in North America (exclusive of Pacific salmonids)., Fisheries, 25:6-30.
- Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183.
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