Image: Common Seadragon egg pockets

Common Seadragon egg pockets

The pockets left on the underside of a male Common Seadragon after the eggs were removed from a dead specimen found washed up on the beach in Western Australia.

Photographer:
Virginia Mosk
Rights:
© Virginia Mosk
Common name:
Weedy Seadragon
Scientific name:
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Family:
Syngnathidae
Order:
Gasterosteiformes

Additional information

The standard name of the species is Common Seadragon. It is also known as the Weedy Seadragon.

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Weedy Seadragon, Syngnathidae, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, Common Seadragon,