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Syngnathidae
Booth's pipefish
Halicampus boothae
Pipefish from the South African Coast
Booth's pipefish (Halicampus boothae) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, in South Africa and the Comoro Islands, and in the Western Pacific, from South Korea and Japan to the Great Barrier Reef and Tonga. It lives in rocks and coral reefs to depths of 30 metres (98 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 17.5 centimetres (6.9 in).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Halicampus
- Maximum length
- 17.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Comoro Islands. Western Pacific: Honshu in Japan, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands (Ref. 8879 ), Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897 ) and Fiji. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

