Weedy Sea DragonsPhyllopteryx taeniolatus
The image on the left shows an adult male Weedy Seadragon with eggs attached to the underside of the tail having 8 cm in length.
The Weedy Seadragon lives in kelp-covered rocky reefs around the southern coastline of Australia from the central New South Wales coast to Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
The Weedy Seadragon has a long pipe-like snout with a small terminal mouth. It feeds on mysids and other small crustaceans.
Weedy Seadragons live mostly in algal habitat.
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