Species: Amphelikturus dendriticus, Pipehorse, Seahorse Pipefish
snout short
Amphelikturus dendriticus (Barbour, 1905)
Pipehorse, Seahorse Pipefish
Head angled down; snout short, with a central ridge originating near its middle; rear 1/3 of tail curled under body, with tail fin; base of dorsal fin elevated, fin 15-18 rays; anal fin 2; no pelvic fins; lower trunk ridge ends near anus, upper trunk and tail ridges interrupted near rear of dorsal fin; lateral trunk ridge ends under dorsal fin; trunk 13-15 rings; head and body with branched skin flaps; brood pouch under tail rings 10-11, pouch plates not enlarged, pouch unsealed.
Color variable; dark blotches on a light background to uniform dark grey-brown.
Reaches 8.1 cm.
Pelagic in floating Sargassum; occasionally in benthic algae and on reefs.
Depth range: 1-15 m.
New Brunswick to NE Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Submerged vegetation
- Water column
- Flotsam
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8.1
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
