Cosmocampus brachycephalus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Cosmocampus
- Species
- Cosmocampus brachycephalus
- Scientific Name
- Cosmocampus brachycephalus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cosmocampus brachycephalus
Cosmocampus brachycephalus (American crested pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, near southern Florida (USA), the Bahamas, and northern South America. It lives in sub-tidal grass flats to depths of 10 metres (33 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 10 centimetres (3.9 in). This species ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs and giving birth to live young.
...Cosmocampus brachycephalus in languages:
- Czech
- jehla krátkohlavá
- English
- American Crested Pipefish
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cosmocampus albirostris
- Cosmocampus arctus
- Cosmocampus balli
- Cosmocampus banneri
- Cosmocampus brachycephalus
- Cosmocampus caldwelli
- Cosmocampus darrosanus
- Cosmocampus elucens
- Cosmocampus heraldi
- Cosmocampus hildebrandi
- Cosmocampus howensis
- Cosmocampus investigatoris
- Cosmocampus maxweberi
- Cosmocampus profundus
- Cosmocampus retropinnis









