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.
어디서 언제 볼 수 있나
"상주종"은 해당 목적지에서 대부분의 다이빙 시 만날 수 있다는 뜻이고, "계절종"은 표기된 달에 안정적으로 출현한다는 뜻입니다. 그 외의 생물은 계획이 아닌 보너스로 여기세요.
| 목적지 | 신뢰도 | 월 | 참고 사항 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South AustraliaAustralia | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 |
한눈에 보는 최적의 달
| 월 | 믿을 수 있는 다이빙 명소 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
이해하기
서식지: Kelp lines, sponge gardens, seagrass margins, and jetty piles over sand across Australia's temperate south.
범위: Southern Australia from New South Wales around to southern Western Australia, including Tasmania.
행동 특성: 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.
먹이: Mysid shrimp and other small crustaceans vacuumed continuously through the tubular snout.
크기: 보통 0.3 m; 최대 기록 수심 0.46 m (total length).
이 생물 주변에서의 행동 요령
Protected in Australian waters: no touching or shepherding with hands or fins, and photo-identification projects welcome clear, unharassed side-on images.
보존
Least Concern under its current assessment and protected in Australian waters; kelp decline along the southeast is the pressure researchers watch most closely.
관련 다이브 사이트 목록
강조 표시된 사이트는 편집팀이 해당 종에 대해 직접 등록한 곳이며, 숫자는 1990년 이후 사이트 기준 약 5km 이내에서 기록된 GBIF 출현 건수입니다.
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