What is Weedy sea dragon?
{{Taxobox | name = Weedy sea dragon | status = NT | status_system = iucn2.3 | trend = unknown | image = Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Bauer.jpg | image_caption = Picture by [[Ferdinand Bauer]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Syngnathiformes]] | familia = [[Syngnathidae]] | genus = '''''Phyllopteryx''''' | genus_authority = Swainson, 1839 | binomial = ''Phyllopteryx taeniolatus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède|Lacepède]], [[1804]]) | range_map = Phyllopteryx tæniolatus range map.PNG | range_map_caption = Where weedy sea dragons are found. }} The '''weedy sea dragon''' or '''common sea dragon''', '''''Phyllopteryx taeniolatus''''', is a [[marine biology|marine]] [[fish]] related to the [[seahorse]]. It is the only member of the [[genus]] '''''Phyllopteryx'''''. It is found in water 3 to 50 [[metre|m]] deep around the south coast of [[Australia]], from [[Port Stephens, New South Wales]] to [[Geraldton, Western Australia]]. It also found in the waters around [[Tasmania]]. Weedy sea dragons are named for the [[weed]]-like growth on their bodies. This [[camouflage]] hides them as they move among the [[seaweed]] beds where they live. The weedy sea dragon is the aquatic emblem for the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref>[http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrencm.nsf/childdocs/-2594CB2F087CB6D84A2567CA0081791F-F5BA27244232485DCA256CC40012D597?open DSE Victoria]</ref> == Description == [[File:Phyllopteryx taeniolatus1.jpg|left|thumb|Weedy sea dragon in Cabbage Tree Bay, [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]]] Weedy sea dragons can reach 45&nbsp;cm in length. They feed on tiny [[crustacean]]s and other [[zooplankton]], which they suck into the end of their long tube-like nose. Their tail cannot wrap around and hold on to things the way a seahorse can. They swim in shallow reefs and weed beds, and look like weeds drifting over bare sand.<ref name=M&S>{{cite book |last=Morrison |first= Sue |author2= Storrie, Ann |tit