Gray's pipefish (Halicampus grayi)

Scientific name: Halicampus grayi Kaup, 1856

Gray's pipefish (Halicampus grayi)

The Gray's pipefish (Halicampus grayi) is a brackish-water fish of the family Syngnathidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Gulf of Aden, off Sri Lanka, and from the Gulf of Thailand and Australia to Ky?sh? Islands, Japan.

Species facts

Scientific name
Halicampus grayi
Family
Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses)
Order
Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and Seahorses)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.0
Depth range
100 m (328 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range ? - 100 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, off Sri Lanka, and from the Gulf of Thailand and Australia to Ky?sh? Islands, Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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