Scientific Name	Syngnathus schlegeli   Pronounce			by: ©Cornish, Andrew
Author	Kaup, 1856	Depth	0 - 3M
Chinese	薛氏海龍	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海龍科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F295　Syngnathidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	舒氏海龍
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海龍
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan and China
Synonyms	Sygnathoides schlegeli, Syngnathus acusimilis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2005)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055352.
Common Name	Pacific pipefish; Seaweed pipefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body typically slender and elongate, without scales, encased in a series of bony rings. Snout slender and longer, its length 16-2.0 in HL. Superior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous; inferior trunk and tail ridges continuous; lateral trunk ridge confluent ends near anal ring. Median dorsal snout ridge low, entire; without lateral spines on snout; opercle ridge often prominent and complete in early juveniles, typically incomplete or vestigial in subadult-adult; scutella without longitudinal keels. Rings 18-20 + 38-46, darsal-fin rays 30-47, pectoral-fin rays 12-13. Mainly brownish, usually mottled with pale.
habitats	Common in estuaries and in association with Zostera and other vegetation. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed.
Distribution	Distributed in Gult of Tongking, northward to the vicinity of Vladivostok, including Taiwan, the Ryukyu Is. and the main islands of Japan. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Used in Chinese medicine