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Phyllopteryx taeniolatus1🌊

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SpeciesSyngnathiformesSyngnathidae
Fish

🌊Common seadragon

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804)

Løvpjaltefisken (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) er en nålefisk, der lever ved Australiens kyst. Den er beslægtet med søhesten. Fisken lever i vand på 3-50 meters dybde ved Australiens sydkyst og omkring Tasmanien. På engelsk kaldes den "weedy sea dragon" på grund af dens bladagtige udvækster på kroppen, der bruges som camouflage, når den bevæger sig rundt mellem det søgræs, hvori den lever. Den kan blive op til 45 cm lang og lever af mikroskopiske krebsdyr og andet plankton, som den suger i sig med sin rørlignende snude. I 2015 opdagedes en nær slægtning til løvpjaltefisken: Phyllopteryx dewysea ud for Australiens vestkyst. En anden slægtning til løvpjaltefisken er pjaltefisken (Phycodurus eques). To akvarier, i henholdsvis Long Beach, Californien, og Melbourne, Australien, har som de eneste med held fået løvpjaltefisken til at yngle i fangenskab. Løvpjaltefisken er marineemblem for den australske delstat Victoria.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Also called
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, Lucas' Seadragon, Weedy sea dragon, Weedy seadragon, Weedy Seadragon
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.46 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Common seadragon

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Body length
0.46 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.5
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.5 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSyngnathiformes
  4. ›familySyngnathidae
  5. ›genusPhyllopteryx
  6. ›speciesPhyllopteryx taeniolatus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familySyngnathidae
  4. genusPhyllopteryx
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familySyngnathidae
  11. genusPhyllopteryx
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סוסון העשב (he), มังกรทะเลใบหญ้า (th), 澳洲葉海馬魚 (zh), Dragão-marinho-comum (pt), Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (fr), Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (ru) … and 19 more languages
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