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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Graceful pipehorse</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Tatsunoitoko</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>細尾海馬</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>细尾海马</commonName>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=7994'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&amp;speccode=7994'>Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5285&amp;speccode=7994'>Smith, J.L.B.0 Fishes of Inhaca. p. 131-136. In W. Macnae and M. Kalk (eds.) A natural history of Inhaca Island, Moçambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. (Ref. 5285)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5316&amp;speccode=7994'>Dawson, C.E.0 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)</reference>
	<reference isbn='3-89356-170-6.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9137&amp;speccode=7994'>Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen0 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-9534-693-0-1.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=30915&amp;speccode=7994'>Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall0 Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. (Ref. 30915)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=7994'>Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=34634&amp;speccode=7994'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 34634)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36648&amp;speccode=7994'>Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.)0 A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-9621564-5-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37816&amp;speccode=7994'>Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40919&amp;speccode=7994'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. (Ref. 40919)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48497&amp;speccode=7994'>Hardy, J.D. Jr. (comp.)0 Coral reef fish species. NOAANational Oceanographic Data Center. NODC Coral Reef Data and Information Management System. USA. 537 p. (Ref. 48497)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=7994'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=125308&amp;speccode=7994'>Short, G.A. and T. Trnski0 A new genus and species of pygmy pipehorse from Taitokerau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand, with a redescription of &lt;i&gt;Acentronura&lt;/i&gt; Kaup, 1853 and &lt;i&gt;Idiotropiscis&lt;/i&gt; Whitley, 1947 (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). Ichthyol. &amp; Herpetology 109(3):806-835. (Ref. 125308)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Found among seaweed and near the base of red algae on shallow rocky reefs (Ref. 637).  Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).  The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5316&amp;speccode=7994'>Dawson, C.E. 1985 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='0-9621564-5-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37816&amp;speccode=7994'>Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Dorsal soft rays (total): 16</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='0-9621564-5-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37816&amp;speccode=7994'>Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Western Pacific:  Restricted to areas around Japan and Indochina but there are records from the central and western Indian Ocean.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5316&amp;speccode=7994'>Dawson, C.E. 1985 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<agent homepage='' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Susan M. Luna</agent>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=7994'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<agent homepage='' logoURL='' role='recorder'>Drina Sta. Iglesia</agent>
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	<reference isbn='3-89356-170-6.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9137&amp;speccode=7994'>Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen 1993 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517'>Hureau, J.-C. 1991 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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