Kingdom Animalia Order Gasterosteiformes Genus Solegnathus Higher classification Solegnathus | Phylum Chordata Family Syngnathidae Scientific name Solegnathus dunckeri Rank Species | |
Similar Solegnathus, Syngnathidae, Spiny pipehorse, Pipefish, Filicampus tigris | ||
Common veilfin and duncker s pipehorse
Duncker's pipehorse (Solegnathus dunckeri) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, and estuarine waters.
It was named in honour of Georg Duncker a German ichthyologist.
References
Duncker's pipehorse Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA