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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Marianas Islands.
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Main Ref: Orr, J.W., R.A. Fritzsche and J.E. Randall, 2002
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Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Solenostomidae (Ghost pipefishes)
Etymology: Solenostomus: Greek, solen = tube + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); halimeda: Named for the algae Halimeda, alludes to the species resemblance to the algae; noun of apposition..
More on authors: Orr, Fritzsche & Randall.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Biển Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Mức độ sâu ? - 23 m (Ref. 57851). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific: from Maldives to the Marshall Islands.

Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL (female)

Short description Hình thái học | Sinh trắc học

Các tia vây lưng cứng (tổng cộng): 5; Các vây lưng mềm (tổng cộng): 16-18; Tia mềm vây hậu môn: 17 - 19; Động vật có xương sống: 32. This species is distinguished by the following characters: short dorsal, pelvic and caudal fins; truncate or slightly rounded caudal fin; fin membranes entire; olfactory rosette in females with a small dorsal patch of a nasal lamellae, males with a larger patch filling about half of the nasal cavity; no premaxillary spine; fin counts low; multifid dermal papillae; color in live individuals pale green with lighter mottling, spinous dorsal fin membrane between 2 anteriormost spines typically with large black blotches and body with scattered dark spot; small size at maturity, females with eggs 34.3-46.9 mm (Ref .57851).

Found in coral reef of inshore waters. Benthic species (Ref. 75154). Females carry the eggs in their pelvic fins that are modified to form a brood pouch (Ref. 205). Often among Halimeda or coralline algae, whhich it greatly resembles (Ref 90102).

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Pelvic fins of females are modified as brood pouch for the reception of the eggs (Ref. 205).

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Orr, J.W., R.A. Fritzsche and J.E. Randall, 2002. Solenostomus halimeda, a new species of ghost pipefish (Teleostei: Gasterosteiformes) from the Indo-Pacific, with a revised key to the known species of the family Solenostomidae. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 5(3):99-108. (Ref. 57851)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Solenostomus halimeda Orr, Fritzsche & Randall, 2002