''Cosmocampus maxweberi'' (Maxweber's pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family
Syngnathidae. It is found in the
Red Sea from
Sumatra
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to
Tonga and
Samoa, and from the
Marshall Islands to the
Great Barrier Reef.
Adults live in
reefs and reef-rubble to depths of 36 m, while
planktonic
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juveniles have been found in the top 85m of 1500–2000 m water columns.
[ Adults are expected to feed on small crustaceans, similar to other pipefish, and can grow to lengths of 10 cm. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs until giving birth to live young.
]
Etymology
The specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honours the German-Dutch zoologist and biogeographer Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852-1937).
Identifying Features
This species is a pale red to tan colour, with a dark lateral stripe on the snout and brown on the head. It often has dark brown bars on its ventral and lower sides.[Thompson, Vanessa J. & Dianne J. Bray, Cosmocampus maxweberi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 01 Dec 2017, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3177]
References
Further reading
WoRMS
maxweberi
Marine fish
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
Fish described in 1933
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