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Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931)
Lissocampus runa is a species of marine fish in the family Syngnathidae. The pipefish is endemic to Australia and occurs in temperate coastal waters from northern New South Wales across the south of the country to southwestern Western Australia. It lives in algae beds, rocky reefs, tide pools, scree bottoms near rocky reefs and estuaries along the coast.
The diet should consist of small crustaceans such as copepods. Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity, in which males incubate eggs before giving birth to fry,
The pipefish has an extremely elongated, slender body surrounded by rings of bone. It has a distinctly concave mouth and a tail that is much longer than the body. It is very color variable. The color ranges from plain to brown, reddish, green, yellow or whitish mottled, with or without stripes on the sides and a brown spot on the front of the dorsal fin. Males are usually whitish to bluish and have a bright red gill cover.
Synonymised names
Festucalex runa Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted
Lissocampus affinis Whitley, 1944 · unaccepted
Lissocampus runa is a species of marine fish in the family Syngnathidae. The pipefish is endemic to Australia and occurs in temperate coastal waters from northern New South Wales across the south of the country to southwestern Western Australia. It lives in algae beds, rocky reefs, tide pools, scree bottoms near rocky reefs and estuaries along the coast.
The diet should consist of small crustaceans such as copepods. Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity, in which males incubate eggs before giving birth to fry,
The pipefish has an extremely elongated, slender body surrounded by rings of bone. It has a distinctly concave mouth and a tail that is much longer than the body. It is very color variable. The color ranges from plain to brown, reddish, green, yellow or whitish mottled, with or without stripes on the sides and a brown spot on the front of the dorsal fin. Males are usually whitish to bluish and have a bright red gill cover.
Synonymised names
Festucalex runa Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted
Lissocampus affinis Whitley, 1944 · unaccepted
