Species: Bryx veleronis, Offshore pipefish, Sailor pipefish
D 21-28
lower body & tail ridges joined
no A
Bryx veleronis Herald, 1940
Offshore pipefish, Sailor pipefish
Head short, 10-13% of SL; snout short (< ½ head length), with strongly concave profile, with low, finely serrated ridge along top; a ridge along top of operculum; 14-15 trunk rings, 33-37 tail rings; ridges on upper body and tail not joined; ridge on mid side of body straight, ends near anus; lower body ridge joins lower tail ridge; dorsal 21-28 rays; pectoral 10-13 rays; no anal fin; brood pouch under tail, with semi-overlapping plates; tail fin small, round, 10 rays.
Body and head light to dark brown, with pale bars, snout paler; white marks on opercle; tail brown, dorsal and pectoral clear.
Size: 6.5 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Depth: 3-20 m.
Costa Rica and Panama, Gorgona, Cocos, Malpelo, Galapagos and the Revillagigedos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Brooded
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
