Cosmocampus albirostris Whitenose pipefish

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Scientific:: Cosmocampus albirostris
German:: Weißnasen Seenadel
English:: Whitenose Pipefish

Category:: Pipefishes
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Cosmocampus (Genus) > albirostris (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kaup, ), 1856

Occurrence:: Anguilla, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Living Food, Mysis
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cosmocampus albirostris
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Cosmocampus coccineus
Cosmocampus elucens
Kurzflossen-Seenadel
Cosmocampus heraldi
Cosmocampus hildebrandi
Cosmocampus howensis
Cosmocampus investigatoris
Cosmocampus maxweberi
Maxwebers Seenadel
Cosmocampus profundus
Cosmocampus retropinnis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-07-08 10:29:13
Last edit:: 2014-07-08 10:29:13

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Cosmocampus albirostris (Kaup, 1856)
Whitenose pipefish

Coastal species, found in seagrass beds. A cryptic species.

Synonym:
Corythoichthys albirostris Kaup, 1856

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily) > Cosmocampus (Genus) > Cosmocampus albirostris (Species)

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