Tidepool pipefish

Micrognathus micronotopterus

Five Point Seven Centimeters Pipefish of Australian Waters

Tidepool pipefish is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 5.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Micrognathus
Maximum length: 5.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Singapore, western Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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