Port Phillip pipefish

Vanacampus phillipi

Blue stripes along female back

Port Phillip pipefish is a fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 18.4 cm. Its body is an eel-like body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Vanacampus
Maximum length: 18.4 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Albany and Cottesloe, Western Australia to Moruya Point, southern New South Wales.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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