Hippichthys penicillus

(Cantor, 1849)

Beady Pipefish

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Persian Gulf east to Japan and south to Queensland, Australia.

Size: 8 inches (20 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits inshore shallow seagrass beds, estuaries and small coastal rivers (sometimes brackish) and mangrove areas where it feeds on zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Has a brown body with a series of black dots the full length of the body.

Taxonomy:

Order: Gasterosteiformes

Suborder: Syngnathoidei

Family: Syngnathidae

Subfamily: Syngnathinae

Genus: Hippichthys

FYI: Not collected for the hobby.

Shown here for identification only.