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Syngnathidae
Broad-banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus boylei
Pipefish beneath the Red Sea
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Southeast Asia
- Anguilliform
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumDunckerocampus boylei (broad-banded pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Red Sea, Mauritius, and Indonesia, but it is thought to be widespread throughout the Indian Ocean. It lives in coastal caves and crevices at depths of 20–40 metres (66–131 ft), where it can grow to lengths of 16 centimetres (6.3 in).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Dunckerocampus
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Mauritius and Tulamben, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Expected to be wide ranging in the Indian Ocean and adjacent waters.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Water
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