Re: NANFA-- was Syngnathus sp- Becoming microphis brachyurus lineatus

sorinus (sorin_at_imajis.com)
Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:50:42 -0500

Thank you Bruce for reply. Have you ever seen/kept this species (ssp?)
Is this population entraped in a freshwater habitat or, is their habitat
contiguous with the brackish/saline waters?
Long time ago I was successful in photographing the S. nigrolineatus
breeding sequences, and I was interested to see if there is similar info
on freshwater North American syngnatids.
regards
sorin damian

Bruce Stallsmith wrote:
>
> >I have one question:
> >Is any freshwater Syngnathus species in North America? If yes does
> >anyone succeeded to photograph the courtship sequences?
> >Thanks sorin damian
>
> The closest thing to a freshwater _Syngnathus_ I can think of would be the
> Opossum Pipefish, _Microphis brachyurus lineatus_ which breeds in fresh
> waters on the east coast of Florida in Indian River County. Usually this is
> a migratory western Atlantic species, but this population (or sub-species)
> breeds in fresh waters.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL
>
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