What is pipefish?

pipefish is a small fish that occurs in many areas of the world. As part of the animal classification system, the Sygnathinae family together with Seahorses. In appearance, Pipefish looks a lot like a sea duty if he is straightened. He spends most of his time in protected areas and feeds on during the day. The interesting behavior of Pipefish is that men are those who incubate eggs during breeding.

There are more than 200 pipefief species in the Syngathinae family. In most cases they have long, narrow, straight bodies with combs. The head looks like a head at a sea horse, with a long snout that resembles a tube or tube and gives fish a popular name. The body is usually covered with bone plates and the fins are extremely small. Pipefish comes in different colors and many of them have either a spotted or striped look.

Most Pipefish live in salt water, although several of them are located in fresh water. Some may even go between them. They are found in water bodies around the world, especially in mild and tropical oBlastech. They tend to live near the coast and prefer areas that provide shelters such as seaweed beds and coral reefs. Their main defense mechanism is hidden from predators, so they tend to avoid open water. It was known that they quickly retreat to hiding or mask into high seaweed to escape the detection.

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pipefish diet consists mainly of small crustaceans, along with plankton, worms and small fish in smaller quantities. They are daily, which means that they feed exclusively during the day, and spend most of the day with food because their bodies are ineffective in digesting food. Their mouths have no teeth, so they suck food using their pipe mouth like straw. If the food cannot fit into their Mouths suck the soft meat out and leave the rest.

Pipefish is usually reproduced between late spring and early summer, most often in shallow water. The woman traditionally takes over the male role of attraction of a partner and is often brighter and larger than a man. MeanwhileIt traditionally takes over the female role of egg incubation.

During mating, the woman wipes the man's body and puts her eggs in his fetus, an area of ​​his body where the eggs will be transmitted and raised until birth. The male holds the eggs in the case until the children are fully formed, usually about two to three weeks. Once they are released from the housing, young people are usually able to survive separately.