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Weedy Seadragon photographed at Underwater World, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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WEEDY SEADRAGON FACTS |
Description
The Weedy Seadragon is a fascinating creature with leaf like appendages. It has blue spotting on the long snout and body is orange or brown. It is difficult to spot when amongst weeds. The juveniles are more slender with proportionately larger appendages making them even harder to see.
Other Names
Common Seadragon
Size
to 45cm
Habitat
kelp-covered rocky reefs
Food
small shrimp called mysids, and other small crustaceans
Breeding
The male incubates about 250 eggs on his tail
Range
The Weedy Seadragon is only found in Australia and lives around the southern coastline from the central New South Wales coast to Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Syngnathiformes | | Family: | Syngnathidae | | Genus: | Phyllopteryx | | Species: | taeniolatus | | Common Name: | Weedy Seadragon |
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