banded pipefish

Micrognathus crinitus

Small simple skin flaps

banded pipefish is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 15 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Micrognathus
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and the Bahamas to Santa Catarina, Brazil (Ref. 57756 ); including lower east Florida coast but absent from the Gulf of Mexico except for a single record from Cayo Arcas, Mexico. Dawson (1982) noted that there are two distinct color patterns of this species with no definite intergrades. Some authors are of the opinion that these color extremes represent two different species and should this be true, Dawson stated that Kaup's vittatus has priority over ensenadae with AMNH 7792 documenting the Bermuda occurrence of Micrognathus vittatus .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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