Pipefish
Syngnathus fuscus
An organism that we caught on the field trip was the pipefish. Pipefish live in estuaries, reefs, and lagoons. The pipefishes domain is Eukarya, the kingdom is Animalia, the phylum is Chordata, the class Isconderiethi , the order is Sengathi, the family is Syngnathidae, the genus is Syngnathus, and the species is Fuscus. Pipefish are long, skinny, and are shaped like a pipe. Pipefish are 6 to 8 inches long. A behavioral adaptation is pipefish are not active - they don't swim much. A structural adaptation is they camouflage themselves to blend in with seagrass and some species of pipefish can change colors. Pipefish can only live up to a year. A pipefishes diet is plankton and small shrimp. A predator of the pipefish is a human. Pipefish can be overfished due to the belief that it has medicinal purposes. Pipefish are heterotrophs and are ectothermic. The image is from www.calvertmarinemusem.com.
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