Cosmocampus howensis (Lord Howe pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the South Pacific from Jervis Bay (New South Wales, Australia) to Easter Island.[2][1] It lives in lagoons and on rocky reefs, where it grows to lengths of 10–12 centimetres (3.9–4.7 in).[3] It is expected to feed on small crustaceans, similar to other pipefishes.[1] This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs before giving birth to live young.[3]
| Lord Howe pipefish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Cosmocampus |
| Species: | C. howensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cosmocampus howensis Whitley, 1948
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Identifying features
editThis species has a blotchy brown body, occasionally marked with dark speckles and pale bars.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Pollom, R. (2016). "Cosmocampus howensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T65365838A67619891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T65365838A67619891.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Fritzsche, R.A. 1981. Syngnathus caldwelli Herald et Randall, a junior synonym of Parasyngnathus howensis Whitley. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 28(1): 94.
- ^ a b Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA.
- ^ Vanessa J. Thompson & Dianne J. Bray, Cosmocampus howensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Nov 2017, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3176
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