Syngnathidae

Spinysnout pipefish

Halicampus spinirostris

Twelve Centimeters Pipefish of Japanese Waters

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

The spinysnout pipefish (Halicampus spinirostris) is a species of marine pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from Sri Lanka to Samoa, and from Japan and the Marshall Islands to central Australia. It lives in rocky and coral reefs, rubble, lagoons and intertidal zones, often at depths of 2–12 metres (6.6–39.4 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 12 centimetres (4.7 in).