Yellow-banded Pipefish

Found singly or in pairs, close to the bottom, around remote coral heads, over mud slopes, of shallow estuaries and deep reefs.
They feed on zooplankton 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.