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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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Feeds by sucking the food items into the mouth from a distance of 2.5 cm or more. This takes place so rapidly that it is nearly impossible for the human eye to follow the action (Ref. 4930).
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Biology

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Found among attached or drifting kelp (Macrocystis) (Ref. 126547), rarely in bays (Ref. 2850). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).
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Kelp pipefish

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The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis) is a species of pipefish. It inhabits the eastern Pacific from the Bodega Bay in northern California, United States, to southern Baja California, Mexico. It is a marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 50 centimetres (20 in) length.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Graham, C. & Pollom, R. (2015). "Syngnathus californiensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T65374622A67621694. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T65374622A67621694.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Syngnathus californiensis" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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Kelp pipefish: Brief Summary

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The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis) is a species of pipefish. It inhabits the eastern Pacific from the Bodega Bay in northern California, United States, to southern Baja California, Mexico. It is a marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 50 centimetres (20 in) length.

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