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Syngnathidae
Cosmocampus coccineus
Cosmocampus coccineus
Cosmocampus coccineus is a species of pipefish from the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Bahía de Banderas in Mexico south to Bahía de la Independencia, southern Peru, and in waters off the Galapagos Islands. It is common among red algae and coral, down to depths of 18 metres (59 ft).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Cosmocampus
- Maximum length
- 12.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands and from Bahía de Banderas in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and southward to Bahía Independencia, Peru.
