Longsnout pipefish

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Longsnout pipefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Syngnathiformes Family: Syngnathidae Genus: Leptonotus Species: L. norae
Binomial name
Leptonotus norae Waite, 1910

The longsnout pipefish, Leptonotus norae, is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae, found around New Zealand including the Auckland Islands, at depths of between 37 and 212 m. Its length is up to 21 cm.

Ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail.

[edit] See also

• Long-snouted pipefish, Stigmatopora macropterygia.

[edit] References

• "Leptonotus norae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8