Harlequin Ghost Pipefish Solenostomus paradoxus The harlequin ghost pipefish looks as though it has wings attached to the sides of its long, thin body. In reality, these are greatly enlarged pelvic fins in which the female broods her eggs.
Solenostomus paradoxus, Harlequin Ghost Pipefish Solenostomus cyanopterus, Ghost Pipefish Sousa chinensis, Chinese White Dolphin Sparisoma viride, Stoplight Parrotfish Sphaeramia nematoptera, Pajama Cardinalfish ...
SYNGNATHIFORMES trumpetfishes, cornetfishes, snipefishes, shrimpfishes, ghost pipefishes, pipefishes, seahorses SEAHORSES LEAFY SEA DRAGON ...
In most cases it is the male who carries the eggs or who has the pouch but in the Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus ) it is the female who has the pouch.
roughsnout ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paegnius) royal dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellae) royal gramma (Gramma loreto) rusty angel (Centropyge ferrugata) saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperreyi) saddle-back butterfly (Chaetodon ephippium) ...
Robust Ghost Pipefish, Solenostomus cyanopterus Robust Striped Skink Illustration Rock Blackfish, Girella elevata (Macleay 1881) Rock Cale, Aplodactylus lophodon (Günther, 1859) Rock Crab Rock Crab sitting flat on Rock ...
See also: Pipefish, Coral, Grouper, Shark, Snake
 
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