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Syngnathidae
red pipefish
Festucalex erythraeus
Pipefish beneath the Mozambique Coast
red pipefish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 8.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Festucalex
- Maximum length
- 8.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Mozambique to Hawaii.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

