Common Name: Bay Pipefish
Species Name: Syngnathus leptorhynchus Girard, 1854
Range: Eastern Pacific Ocean: Alaska to Baja California in Mexico
Size: Up to 12 inches (30 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabit shallow seagrass areas in bays and estuaries
General Husbandry: Has a very wide temperature range of 59 to 79°F (15 - 26°C) and feeds upon benthic invertebrate. Prefers a live meaty diet, such as enriched live brine shrimp, with numerous daily feedings, however, may be weaned onto meaty frozen foods such as mysis. Requires a reef-like environment, however, is best maintained in tanks with macroalgae and/or seagrasses. Requires numerous places to hide and carefully selected tankmates. Rarely seen in the trade and probably better left in the wild. A cool water fish only!
Aquarium Suitability: *
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.