Urocampus nanus

Urocampus nanus, also known as the barbed pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.[1] The species can be found inhabiting seagrass beds in sheltered shoreline and estuary habitats along the coasts of southern Japan and Korea.[2][3][4][5][6] Their diet likely consists of small crustaceans.[7] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs for 11–16 days before giving live birth.[3][8] Urocampus nanus is thought to be polyandrous, where multiple females compete over breeding with a single male.[8]

Barbed pipefish
Urocampus nanus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Urocampus
Species:
U. nanus
Binomial name
Urocampus nanus
Günther 1870[1]

References
  1. Austin, D.; Pollom, R. "Urocampus nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. Dawson, C.E. (1980). "The Indo-Pacific pipefish genus Urocampus (Syngnathidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 93 (3): 830–844.
  3. Dawson, C.E. (1985). . Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
  4. Nakabo, T. (2002). Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition II. Tokyo: Tokai University Press.
  5. Kim, J.S.; Choi, J.Y.; Lee, Y.J.; Gwak, W.S. (2013). "Species composition of fishes in eelgrass bed of Minyan in Tongyeong, Korea". The Sea: Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography. 18 (4): 227–233. doi:10.7850/jkso.2013.18.4.227.
  6. Han, S.Y.; Lee, J.M.; Kim, J.K. (2014). "New record of the short-tailed pipefish, Microphis brachyurus brachyurus (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), with a key to the species of the family Syngnathidae from Korea". Ocean Science Journal. 49 (4): 419–424. doi:10.1007/s12601-014-0039-0.
  7. Kendrick, A.J.; Hyndes, G.A. (2005). "Variations in the dietary compositions of morphologically diverse syngnathid fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 72: 415–427. doi:10.1007/s10641-004-2597-y.
  8. Sogabe, A.; Kawanishi, R.; Takata, H.; Kobayashi, Y. (2012). "Basic reproductive biology of the barbed pipefish Urocampus nanus (Syngnathidae) under laboratory conditions". Ichthyological Research. 59 (1): 77–82. doi:10.1007/s10228-011-0247-x.


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