Description
Also known as Bent Pipefish, Bentstick Pipefish, Chocolate Pipefish, Longsnout Stickpipefish, Ringed Pipefish, Short-tailed Pipefish, Stickpipefish.
Found singly or in pairs, on soft mud and sand bottoms, over lagoons and seaward reefs, rich in algae and seagrass. This Pipefish has a long snout and its head is at a slight angle to the body hence "Bent-stick Pipefish".
They feed by sucking tiny invertebrates into their mouths.
Length - 40cm
Depth - 1-40m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific
Pipefish are like seahorses in that the male gives birth!
The female deposits their eggs after fertilisation into the males pouch located under their tail to incubate the eggs for one month before giving birth. Ref: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/5981
4 comments
Posted by @fishx6We think these pipefish were in fact this one Slender Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus longirostris
Posted by Wilko PebesmaCan you please tell me which species they are? I still haven't found out. Thank you.
Posted by @fishx6We have reclassified those two pipefish!
Posted by Wilko PebesmaI am wondering if the last 2 pictures are the same species. the snout is much shorter as the bend stick pipefish. I have seen both recently and am trying to find out which species the pipefish in the last 2 pictures is. Only consideration is that it might be juvenile as it is (the ones i saw) much smaller then the bend stick pipefish.