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2025
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- <p><b><i>Syngnathus nigrolineatus</i></b></p><p><b>Common name.</b> Black Sea pipefish.</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b> Characters to distinguish this species from other species of <i>Syngnathus</i> have yet to be worked out. Size up to 190 mm SL.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b> Coastal habitats and lower reaches of rivers in Black Sea basin; in Danube reaching Romanian-Hungarian border; in Dniepr reaching Kyiv. Introduced in middle and lower Volga reservoirs with mysids brought from Don estuary, now spreading and already south of Moscow.</p><p><b>Habitat.</b> A wide range of marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats are usually associated with dense submerged vegetation and are also on open, muddy bottoms.</p><p><b>Biology.</b> Lives up to 4 years. First spawns at 1 year, in April– October. Female lay 10– 60 eggs in a brood pouch on ventral surface of male’s tail. Male fertilise eggs as they enter pouch. Eggs incubate for 20–32 days.</p><p><b>Conservation status.</b> LC.</p><p><b>Further reading.</b> Svetovidov 1964 (description, as <i>S. nigrolineatus</i>); Silva et al. 2006a, b (reproduction).</p>