Cosmocampus arctus Snubnose pipefish

Cosmocampus arctus is commonly referred to as Snubnose 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.

Profile

lexID:: 16125
AphiaID:: 293571

Scientific:: Cosmocampus arctus
German:: Seenadel
English:: Snubnose Pipefish

Category:: Nålefisker

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Cosmocampus (Genus) > arctus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Jenkins & Evermann, ), 1889

Occurrence:: California, Chile, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Peru, West Coast USA
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 0 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Bays, Coral reefs, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows
Size:: up to 5.12" (13 cm)
Temperature:: 14,8 °F - 24,2 °F (14,8°C - 24,2°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zoobenthos, 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:

Cosmocampus albirostris
Weißnasen Seenadel
Cosmocampus arctus
Seenadel
Cosmocampus balli
Liegende Seenadel
Cosmocampus banneri
Banners Seenadel
Cosmocampus brachycephalus
Amerikanische Seenadel
Cosmocampus coccineus
Cosmocampus darrosanus
D'Arros Seenadel
Cosmocampus elucens
Kurzflossen-Seenadel
Cosmocampus heraldi
Cosmocampus hildebrandi
Cosmocampus howensis
Cosmocampus investigatoris
Seenadel
Cosmocampus maxweberi
Maxwebers Seenadel
Cosmocampus profundus
Tiefsee-Seenadel
Cosmocampus retropinnis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-12-19 13:16:26
Last edit:: 2023-12-19 19:46:34

Info

Cosmocampus arctus is a small, reddish to dark gray sea needle with narrow whitish stripes and / or light saddles on the back; usually a whitish stripe on the head behind the eye.

Of Cosmocampus arctus occurs in the eastern Pacific from central Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands, and from San Felix Island in the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile.

Similar species: Cosmocampus coccineus (Herald, 1940) and Cosmocampus heraldi (Fritzsche, 1980)

We are currently unaware of any husbandry information on this reclining pipefish, but it is certainly conceivable and probable in the area where it occurs.

Synoynms:
Bryx arctus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Cosmocampus arctus arctus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Siphostoma arctum Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
Syngnathus arctus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)

External links

Cosmocampus arctus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (en). Abgerufen am 19.12.2023.
Discover Life (en). Abgerufen am 19.12.2023.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 19.12.2023.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 19.12.2023.
Revision of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms (en). Abgerufen am 19.12.2023.
Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system (en). Abgerufen am 19.12.2023.

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