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Life Cycle

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Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).
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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs mainly over substrate rich in vegetation like Ulva and Posidonia (Ref. 26335).
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Biology

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Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 6733). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).
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Spotted pipefish

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The spotted pipefish, Nerophis maculatus, is a species of Pipefishes, found in the Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Azores, Mediterranean Sea, especially numerous in its western part and the Adriatic Sea. Ovoviviparous, marine subtropical coastal fish up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) maximal length. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 metres (160 ft).[2]

References

  1. ^ Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Nerophis maculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198763A80250985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T198763A80250985.en.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Nerophis maculatus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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Spotted pipefish: Brief Summary

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The spotted pipefish, Nerophis maculatus, is a species of Pipefishes, found in the Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Azores, Mediterranean Sea, especially numerous in its western part and the Adriatic Sea. Ovoviviparous, marine subtropical coastal fish up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) maximal length. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 metres (160 ft).

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