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Rapid growth and short life spans characterize pipefish populations in vulnerable seagrass beds [PDF]
, 2016 © 2016 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. The life-history traits of two species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from seagrass meadows in New South Wales, Australia, were examined to understand whether they enhance resilience to habitat degradation ...
Booth, DJ, Parkinson, KL
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Disruptive coloration and habitat use by seahorses [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2019 Predation avoidance is a primary factor influencing survival. Therefore, any trait that affects the risk of predation, such as camouflage, is expected to be under selection pressure.
Michele Duarte +3 more
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Marine and Fishery Sciences, 2021 Seahorses (Genus Hippocampus) are rarely reported as prey items. Their low population numbers, their ability to blend with the environment and their low palatability are the features making them an unsuitable option for predators. Five individuals of the
Mauro Belleggia +4 more
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Dried seahorse in traditional medicine: A narrative review
Infectious Diseases and Herbal Medicine, 2021 Seahorses are classified as members of Syngnathidae family, which includes pipefishes, pipehorses, and seadragons. China, including Hong Kong, uses 250 tons of seahorses as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) every year.
Siukan Law
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Morphometry and meristics of longnose seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus (Actinopterygii: Syngnathidae), from Kerala, south-west coast of India [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2008 Background. The longnose seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814, included in the Red List of Threatened Species is the most common and least studied seahorse species along the south-west coast of India.
A. Bijukumar, K.M. Abraham, D. Soumya
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Fishes, 2022 The length–weight relationships (LWR) of the common seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804) and the leafy seadragon Phycodurus eques (Günther, 1865), Syngnathidae, are presented in this paper, based on specimens raised in the Birch Aquarium ...
Daniel Pauly +5 more
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Exceptional abundance of the snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus) in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
, 2006 Pipefish (Syngnathidae) have occurred with unprecedented frequency in Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) samples to the west of the British Isles from 2003 to 2005.
Johns, DG +3 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 In the present study, we reported the complete mitochondrial genome of medical pipefish Doryichthys boaja Bleeker 1850. The complete mitochondrial genome of D. boaja was 16,562 bp in length and had a base composition of A (31.10%), C (24.14%), G (14.36%),
Yun Fang +5 more
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Egg size evolution and paternal care in pipefishes. [PDF]
, 2010 In this thesis I explore how sexual selection, sexual conflicts, coevolution with parental care and an environmental selective agent (hypoxia) affect the evolution of different egg characteristics and embryo survival and size in pipefishes (Syngnathidae).
Braga Gonçalves, Inês
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