Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 30. Brownish, mottled or with prominent dark bars crossing lower half of side and venter of trunk; bars absent or obscured by dark ground color in some adults; dorsal rays without rows of distinct brown spots (Ref. 4281).

Common Names

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Balkpens-pypvis , Afrikaans , South Africa

Indisk ferskvandsnålefisk , Danish , Denmark

Banded freshwater pipefish , English , Australia

Banded freshwater pipefish , English , Papua New Guinea

Belly-barred pipefish , English , New Caledonia

Bellybar pipefish , English , Australia

Bellybarred pipefish , English , India

Bellybarred pipefish , English , Kenya

Bellybarred pipefish , English , Viet Nam

Bellybarred pipefish , English , South Africa

Bellybarred pipefish , English , Global

Blue spotted pipefish , English , Kenya

Okaneula , Finnish , Finland

Braune Seenadel , German , Germany

Indische Seenadel , German , Germany

Kawa-yôji , Japanese , Japan

Trey krawpoeu , Khmer , Cambodia

带纹多环海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China

帶紋多環海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China

横带海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China

橫帶海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

穗海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China

穗海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cá Chìa vôi chấm trắng , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Dagum-dagum , Visayan , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Syngnathidae

Genus: Hippichthys

Species: Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults occur in shallow coastal and estuarine waters, sometimes among mangroves. Also found regularly in freshwater in the lower reaches of rivers (Ref. 4967, 44894) and tidal creeks (Ref. 44894). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Males maybe brooding at about 9.8 SL.

Habitat

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freshwater