Bony-headed pipefish

Nannocampus subosseus

Pipefish beneath the Indian Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Small
Tropical fish

Bony-headed pipefish is known around Eastern Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 9.1 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Nannocampus
Maximum length: 9.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from Western Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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