Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA
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Syngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870
Color variable: whitish to light tan; usually a diffuse brown stripe on rear end of snout and behind eye; large fish with silvery patch on opercle; upper body brownish, top of back often lighter; usually a narrow brown stripe along side of body above lateral body ridge, with narrow brown bars extending up from that at edge of each body ring; some fish with side and lower plates edged with brown, forming a diamond or chain pattern; lower body pale to tan.
Reaches 38.1 cm.
Vegetated bottoms of inshore and estuarine habitats; freshwater to hypersaline conditions, mostly in brackish water.
Depth: 0-38 m, usually < 10 m.
Distribution: New Jersey to Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.
Source:
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily) > Syngnathus (Genus) > Syngnathus louisianae (Species)
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
Color variable: whitish to light tan; usually a diffuse brown stripe on rear end of snout and behind eye; large fish with silvery patch on opercle; upper body brownish, top of back often lighter; usually a narrow brown stripe along side of body above lateral body ridge, with narrow brown bars extending up from that at edge of each body ring; some fish with side and lower plates edged with brown, forming a diamond or chain pattern; lower body pale to tan.
Reaches 38.1 cm.
Vegetated bottoms of inshore and estuarine habitats; freshwater to hypersaline conditions, mostly in brackish water.
Depth: 0-38 m, usually < 10 m.
Distribution: New Jersey to Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.
Source:
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily) > Syngnathus (Genus) > Syngnathus louisianae (Species)
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
