FreshwaterBrackish
Enneacampus kaupi
Syngnathidae, Syngnathinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 16.5 cm
- Body shape
- Eel-like
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 108 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Angola, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, and São Tomé & Príncipe.
More about the species
Description
Occurs in coastal rivers and estuaries. Seems to be mainly a brackish water species, only occasionally entering fresh water. Has been recorded in waters with a temperature range of 26.0-29.0 °C. Lives among algae where it mimics the coloration of the vegetation. Feeds on small prey and organic debris. Ovoviviparous. The incubation of the eggs takes place in a marsupial pouch found in front of the tail of the males. Dawson (1981) reported over 800 postlarvae in a male of 141 mm SL. Maximum reported total length 20.0 cm.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Syngnathus kaupi
- Syngnathus kaupii
- Syngnathus spicifer
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