| Spinysnout pipefish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Halicampus |
| Species: | H. spinirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Halicampus spinirostris C. E. Dawson & G. R. Allen, 1981 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The spinysnout pipefish (Halicampus spinirostris) is a species of marine pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from Sri Lanka to Samoa, and from Japan and the Marshall Islands to central Australia. It lives in rocky and coral reefs, rubble, lagoons and intertidal zones, often at depths of 2–12 metres (6.6–39.4 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 12 centimetres (4.7 in). It is expected to feed on small crustaceans, similar to other pipefish. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth to live young.
Identification
H. spinirostris is pale to dark brown coloured, with four alternating thick dark and thin white bars. It can be recognized by its distinctive spines on the snout.
References
- ^ Vaidyanathan, T. & Pollom, R. (2017). "Halicampus spinirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T65367942A67624502<. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T65367942A67624502.en.
- ^ Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. ISBN 978-0917235009.
- Thompson, Vanessa J. & Dianne J. Bray. "Halicampus spinirostris". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
Further reading
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Halicampus spinirostris | |
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