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Syngnathidae
Upside-down pipefish
Heraldia nocturna
Swimming upside down in caves
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Oceania
- Anguilliform
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
SmallUpside-down pipefish is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 9.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Heraldia
- Maximum length
- 9.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Geographe Bay, Western Australia to Terrigal, New South Wales.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
