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Bryx randalli Ocellated Pipefish

Bryx randalli is commonly referred to as Ocellated Pipefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
15899 
AphiaID:
276235 
Scientific:
Bryx randalli 
German:
Gepunktete Seenadel 
English:
Ocellated Pipefish 
Category:
Nålefisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Bryx (Genus) > randalli (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Herald, ), 1965 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guatemala, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0.3 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Algae zones, Coral reefs, Mangrove Zones, Rocky reefs 
Size:
9,3 cm 
Temperature:
81.32 °F - 82.94 °F (27.4°C - 28.3°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crustacean larvae , Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-02 15:06:12 

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Bryx randalli is gray-brown; mottled; with whitish spots, often in vertical rows forming bars, especially on the tail.
The dorsum of the body is yellowish-gray, the snout yellowish-green above, reddish below.
Both cheeks are olive-brown, with oblique yellow lines; all fins are transparent.

Etymology: the pipefish was named in honor of ichthyologist Dr John Ernest "Jack" Randall (22 05 1924 - 26 04 2020).

Synonym: Syngnathus randalli Herald, 1965

External links

  1. Biodiversity Assessment of the Fishes of Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles (en). Abgerufen am 30.08.2023.
  2. Fishbase (multi). Abgerufen am 30.08.2023.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 30.08.2023.
  4. Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 30.08.2023.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 30.08.2023.

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