Dictionary of Ichthyology
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| marsupium = the name applied to the brood-pouch in Syngnathidae and Solenostomidae. In Syngnathidae it consists of a vascularized groove formed by flaps of skin along the underside of the tail of males (subcaudal marsupium); in Solenostomidae it is a pouch formed by the pelvic fins, provided with many long filaments, and found only in the female (ventral fin marsupium. |
| Hippocampus abdominalis, New Zealand, Porto Bello, Otago Peninsula, South Island, CMNFI 2000-0047, 87 mm from top of head to tail curl. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. | |