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Fig. 1
Key features of the common seadragon (P. taeniolatus) and the alligator pipefish (S. biaculeatus) and their phylogenetic positions.
(A) The common seadragon has a dragon-shaped body with many special leaf-like appendages and long tubular snout lacking teeth. Common seadragon males incubate eggs on a brood patch on the underside of the tail. (B) A male alligator pipefish showing eggs incubated on a brood patch on the underside of trunk. (C) Phylogenetic tree of 19 ray-finned fishes. Bootstrap values below 80 are not shown.
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