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Syngnathidae
Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse
Acentronura tentaculata
Stout males slender females with a pouch under the tail
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallShortpouch pygmy pipehorse is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 6.3 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Acentronura
- Maximum length
- 6.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: northern Red Sea and Mozambique to Torres Straits and Queensland, Australia. Also reported from Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
