Cosmocampus brachycephalus

Author
Poey, 1868
Common Names
  • American Crested Pipefish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
60 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida to Venezuela, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • bay and nearshore
  • benthopelagic
  • seagrass
References

  • Dawson, C. E. 1982b. Family Syngnathidae. Pp. 1–172 in J. E. Böhlke et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 8. Gasterosteiformes, Syngnathoidei,: Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

  • Fritzsche, R. A., and A. Vincent. 2002. Syngnathidae. Pp. 1221–1225 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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