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Animal realm > Chordates > Vertebrates > Bony fishes > Syngnathiformes > Sea horses and pipefishes > Seahorses > Dwarf pipehorse

Dwarf pipehorse

Scientific name : Acentronura breviperula


Small species (5 cm), extremely cryptic, with many skin appendages, brown-green colour. Tail is prehensile.
Sometimes identified uncorrectly as Acentronura tentaculata, a Red Sea endemic species.
The female (in our pictures) is thinner and more similar to a pipe fish. Male is more similar to a sea horse, and has a ventral breeding pouch.


Habitat: Coastal bay, Lagoon, Seagrass beds

Distribution: Western Pacific

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