Image: Common Seadragon with eggs at Portsea Pier
A Common Seadragon at a depth of 1 m, Portsea Pier, Dec 2006. Note the eggs under the tail.
- Photographer:
- Sascha Schulz
- Rights:
- © Sascha Schulz
- Common name:
- Weedy Seadragon
- Scientific name:
- Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
- Family:
- Syngnathidae
Additional information
The standard name of the species is Common Seadragon. It is also known as the Weedy Seadragon.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Common Seadragon, Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, Syngnathidae,
3 comments
lyn -
5.01 PM, 03 January 2010
Great photo. These are also often found in Jervis Bay. I saw one with eggs off Bowen Is. at 20m last week. I think you can see the eyes of a baby in one of the eggs.
Yes I agree I think you can see the eyes of the young. Apparently large males can have up up to 300 eggs per brood and the young hatch after 2 months. The colours in your image are so vivid, they truly are magnificent fish.