Cold Water
Weedy Seadragon
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus · Bony fish — family Syngnathidae; also called the common seadragon, an Australian endemic
A weedy seadragon trades the leafy's full costume for jewelry: a slimmer, kelp-red body scattered with yellow spots and violet-blue bars, trailing a few weed-like appendages as it drifts along sponge gardens and kelp lines across Australia's temperate south. It is the more widespread and more often met seadragon, turning up on shore dives and jetty pilings as well as offshore reefs, always slightly farther away than it looks and always mid-meal, vacuuming mysids by the thousand. Males carry the brood — around 250 eggs pressed onto the underside of the tail each breeding season — and site-faithful adults let researchers identify individuals from spot patterns year after year. Give the animal right of way and resist guiding it with a hand or fin wash; a displaced dragon burns energy it budgets tightly.
इसे कहाँ और कब देखें
"निवासी" का अर्थ है कि उस गंतव्य पर अधिकांश डाइव्स में उनसे मुलाकात होती है; "मौसमी" का अर्थ है कि वे सूचीबद्ध महीनों में विश्वसनीय रूप से मौजूद रहते हैं; इसके अलावा जो भी मिले वह बोनस है, योजना नहीं।
| गंतव्य | विश्वसनीयता | माह | नोट्स |
|---|---|---|---|
| South AustraliaAustralia | Resident — seen on most dives | साल भर |
एक नज़र में सर्वश्रेष्ठ महीना
| माह | विश्वसनीय गंतव्य |
|---|---|
| January | South Australia |
| February | South Australia |
| March | South Australia |
| April | South Australia |
| May | South Australia |
| June | South Australia |
| July | South Australia |
| August | South Australia |
| September | South Australia |
| October | South Australia |
| November | South Australia |
| December | South Australia |
इन्हें समझना
आवास: Kelp lines, sponge gardens, seagrass margins, and jetty piles over sand across Australia's temperate south.
रेंज: Southern Australia from New South Wales around to southern Western Australia, including Tasmania.
व्यवहार: Drifts singly or in loose pairs along habitat edges; males brood around 250 eggs pressed onto the underside of the tail each breeding season, and individuals can be photo-identified by their spot patterns.
आहार: Mysid shrimp and other small crustaceans vacuumed continuously through the tubular snout.
आकार: आमतौर पर लगभग 0.3 m; दर्ज अधिकतम गहराई 0.46 m (total length).
इसके आसपास कैसे व्यवहार करें
Protected in Australian waters — no touching or shepherding with hands or fins, and photo-identification projects welcome clear, unharassed side-on images.
संरक्षण
Least Concern under its current assessment and protected in Australian waters; kelp decline along the southeast is the pressure researchers watch most closely.
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