Pacific Seaweed Pipefish

Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Common in estuaries and in association with Zostera and other vegetation (Ref. 5316). Feeds on small crabs and fish larvae.

Common in estuaries and in association with Zostera and other vegetation. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed (Ref. 12114, 12115). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

分布於西北太平洋區，由俄羅斯的海參崴向南至東京灣，包括韓國、日本、中國及臺灣。臺灣發現於北部。

小型魚類，偶為潛水捕獲，除學術研究及水族觀賞外，尚被用於中藥材提煉。

體特別的延長和纖細，無鱗，由一系列的骨環所組成；軀幹部的上側稜與尾部上側稜不相連接，下側稜則與尾部下側稜相接，中側稜平直而終止於臀部骨環處附近。吻長於後頭部；吻部背中稜完全但低，側吻棘不存在。主鰓蓋不具中縱稜或僅存於稚魚。體環不具縱棘；亦無皮瓣。骨環 18-20 + 38-46；背鰭鰭條數 30-47；胸鰭鰭條數 12-13；尾鰭鰭條數10。體呈褐色，有時混雜一些淡色斑駁。

主要常見於河口區，而且伴隨著/Zostera/與其他的植物。稚魚則生活於漂流的海草叢中。

The Pacific seaweed pipefish (Syngnathus schlegeli) is a species of pipefish, found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, near Vladivostok (Russia), southern to Gulf of Tonkin. It is a marine, oceanic demersal fish, up to 30 centimetres (12 in) length. It is common in beds of Zostera sea grass.