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Samoan Pipefish

Halicampus mataafae

Also known as: Brown Pipefish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeth Resort, Indonesia · June 20061 / 1
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Overview

Found singly in crevices and over rocky substrates and in tidepools of lagoons and coastal reefs.
They feed on tiny invertebrates which they suck whole into their mouths.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly in crevices and over rocky substrates and in tidepools of lagoons and coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderSyngnathiformes
    5. familySyngnathidae
    6. genusHalicampus
    7. speciesHalicampus mataafae (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

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    More in the family

    Pipefishes-Seahorses (Syngnathidae)