River pipefish
Encyclopedia
The river pipefish is a species of fish
in the Syngnathidae
family. It is endemic to South Africa
: sites with tidal
influence within the Kariega, Kasouga, Bushmans Rivers.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Syngnathidae
Syngnathidae
Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes the seahorses, the pipefishes, and the weedy and leafy sea dragons. The name is derived from Greek, meaning "fused jaw" - syn meaning fused or together, and gnathus meaning jaws. This fused jaw trait is something the entire family has in common...
family. It is endemic to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
: sites with tidal
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth....
influence within the Kariega, Kasouga, Bushmans Rivers.
Source
- Syngnathus watermeyeri at FishBase
- Bills, R. 1996. Syngnathus watermeyeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.