Maxweber's pipefish

Cosmocampus maxweberi

Fish Following Drifting Plankton

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Small
Tropical fish

Cosmocampus maxweberi (Maxweber's pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Red Sea from Sumatra to Tonga and Samoa, and from the Marshall Islands to the Great Barrier Reef. Adults live in reefs and reef-rubble to depths of 36 m, while planktonic juveniles have been found in the top 85m of 1500–2000 m water columns.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Cosmocampus
Maximum length: 10 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Aqaba; then from off Sumatra, Indonesia to the Marshall Islands and Samoa; north to Philippines, south to Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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