#pipefish

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today’s wet beast is: Pipefish

Olive’s wet beast fact: You’re probably thinking that these worm-on-a-string lookin ass creatures look like straightened seahorses. That’s bc they are part of the Syngnathidae family with Seahorses and Sea Dragons. Funky!

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

[freedomofthemoon]

Have a pregnant male pipefish on this Wet Beast Wednesday. I'm not sure animals who live in water properly embody the pathetic spirit of the day, but I was soggy and frozen enough for both of us.

[herpsandbirds]

Bay Pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found in ell grass beds along the Western Coast of North America, from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

photograph via: California Academy of Sciences

[i-give-you-a-fish]

I want a fish!! Give me a silly one!

Fish version of a work on a string

You get a Northern Pipefish

Syngnathus fuscus

[respect-the-locals]

🐠 Daily Fish Fact: 🐠

The Ornate Ghost Pipefish, or harlequin ghost pipefish, is a false pipefish. The species' name comes from the Greek paradoxos, referring to this fish's unusual external features. Although relatively common, ornate ghost pipefish are very well-camouflaged and difficult to find. It occurs either as solitary individuals or in pairs, among floating weeds, or crinoids where the feed on mysids and small benthic shrimp.

[amnhnyc]

No need to worry about this ghost… unless you’re a crustacean! The ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) haunts coral reefs and seaweed beds, where it feeds on organisms like small crustaceans and benthic shrimp. It can be spotted from East Africa to Australia in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. This critter’s appearance can vary depending on its locale, with possible patterns of red and yellow distributed across its translucent body.

Photo: Etienne Gosse, CC BY 2.0, flickr 

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

In what kind of fish does the male get pregnant and give birth? That's right: it's the pipefish! Just like their more famous seahorse relatives, females lay their eggs into the males' brood pouch, where they are fertilized. Fully developed young hatch about two weeks later, at which point they are fully independent and may even become food for their parents.

(Image: A Gulf Pipefish (Stigmatopora narinosa) by Graham Short)

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[t00thpasteface]

54 common fish of texas, part 9: gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovilli), gag grouper (Mycteoperca microlepis)

[the-lonelyshepherd]

thoughts on the striped bellied pipefish

pretty sure you mean rainbow belly pipefish :) and i think my edit explains my thoughts pretty well

[geosesarma]

Gone fishin'

Centropristis striata, Pomatomus saltatrix, Tautoga onitis, Syngnathus fuscus

-09/23, Ocean County, NJ

[jue-jack]

i can finally post this! i was part of a 36 artist telephone game hosted by @bowelfly, and here's my part! pls check out the other artists on this post or this website

[marinememes]

why are pipefish so ugly

YOU MADE HIM CRY. TAKE IT BACK!!!

[fishenjoyer1]

Fish of the Day

Today's fish of the day is the yellowbanded pipefish!

The yellowbanded pipefish, also known by scientific name  Dunckerocampus pessuliferus, and synonym Doryrhamphus pessuliferus, is a rather unknown pipefish, primarily understood by the populations kept in captivity as pets in the aquarium trade. In the wild their range stretches across the tropical west Pacific. Living within the Coral Triangle, this fish can be found from the Matebello islands and Western Australia, across the Philippines, they can be found living alone inshore reefs along sandy or muddy bottomed areas. They prefer areas with little pressure, so they can be found around 44m of depth, and although they are purely saltwater fish, they can be found along shallow estuaries. 

The diet of the fish consists of microfauna: copepods and phytoplankton sound along the reef, although in captivity they are often fer brine shrimp to much success. When in the company of other fish, they have been found cleaning parasites off of one another. They can get as long as 19cm in length at their full adult age, and the bright striping of their body is designed to help hide them among the colorful coral reefs around them, and they are regularly fed on by larger fishes. Their lifespan is currently unknown, but within the aquarium habitat they can live for multiple years before dying.

As like other pipefish, who are related to seahorses, these fish contain a specialized breeding pouch. Males will brood the eggs in this pouch, which is under the truck, filtering aerated water to them throughout their gestation. During this time the female of the pair will bring back food for both of them, though never straying far, as a female and a male will bond for life, refusing to mate again after their partner dies.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

[herpsandbirds]

trick or trear 👻

LETS GET SPOOKY YALL!!!

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), family Solenostomidae, Similan Islands, Thailand

photograph by Huw Penson

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Eel looking fish please

You get a Snake Pipefish

Entelurus aequoreus

[micoz-field-of-dreamz]

fuckign rude ass cunt what did he do to you