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Three-keel pipefish (Campichthys tricarinatus)
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Three-keel pipefish (Campichthys tricarinatus) specimen
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Syngnathidae

Three-keel pipefish

Campichthys tricarinatus

Fish Reaching Four Point Four Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Campichthys tricarinatus (three-keel pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the western central Pacific Ocean, from Montebello Island (Western Australia) to Cape York (Queensland), and specimens have been recorded around the Northern Mariana and Marshall Islands. It is found at depths of 3–11 metres (9.8–36.1 ft), and can grow to lengths of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in).

Maximum length
4.4 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: northern Australia, including Baleine Bank and Montebello Island in Western Australia.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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