Английская Википедия:Dunckerocampus pessuliferus

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Dunckerocampus pessuliferus (yellowbanded pipefish), occasionally Doryrhamphus pessuliferus, is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is a coastal species, inhabiting waters around the Coral Triangle, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and northwestern Australia.[1] It lives in coral patches on sandy and muddy slopes at depths of Шаблон:Convert, where it can grow to lengths of Шаблон:Convert.[2] It is an active cleaner, feeding off of parasitic crustaceans growing on other fishes.[1] The adult fish form pairs and are normally observed swimming along the bottom around large remote coral heads on muddy slopes.[3] This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs and giving birth to live young.[1]

It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade, but is protected in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[4]

Identifying features

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Dunckerocampus pessuliferus at Wakatobi National Park, 2016

The head and body of D. pessuliferus have alternating reddish-brown and yellow bands, while the tail is mostly red with a yellow spot in the center and marginal white markings.[5]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite iucn
  2. Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
  3. Шаблон:FishBase
  4. Шаблон:Cite web
  5. Thompson, Vanessa J. & Dianne J. Bray, Dunckerocampus pessuliferus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Jan 2018, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3180