Syngnathids Flashcards

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Syngnathids include which animals?

A

Seahorse, pipefish, pipehorse and seadragons.

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Males have a what for young?

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Marsupium (pouch) or use ventral gluing.

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Many species use what mating system?

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Monogamy or polyandry.

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Small brood size means what for these animals? Male brooding?

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Limits potential reproductive rate.

Young depend on parental survival far longer than most fish.

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5
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What is the local species? Where do they live? What’s an odd fact about them?

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Northern pipefish.

Estuaries, coves, bays, inlets where eelgrass and/or seaweed abundant.

Roll eyeballs separately.

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Pipefish breed when? What do males do?

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March to August.

Nurse the eggs in the brood pouch.

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The protruding _____ of the female is inserted into the opening of the _____ of the male and a dozen or more eggs are passed over.

A

Oviduct; pouch.

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When does fertilization take place?

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During transference of eggs from one parent to other.

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9
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It has been established for the European pipefish that the embryos within the eggs are nourished by what? What does it function as?

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Epithelial lining layer of the pouch.

Placenta.

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10
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Incubation and maturity take roughly how long?

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10 days.

1 year.

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