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Port Phillip pipefish (Vanacampus phillipi)
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Ecological Illustration of Port Phillip pipefish (Vanacampus phillipi)
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Syngnathidae

Port Phillip pipefish

Vanacampus phillipi

Blue stripes along female back

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Port Phillip pipefish is a fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 18.4 cm. Its body is an eel-like body.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Pipefishes and Allies
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Vanacampus
Body shape
anguilliform
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