General Description
Body long slender, tubular; snout short; tail prehensile with a tiny fin; body usually covered in hairy appendages which provide camouflage; snout ridge convex in males, concave in females. Pale green to mottled brown, often with a dark stripe on underside of head and body. To 10 cm.
Biology
One of the most common estuarine pipefishes in eastern Australia.
Distribution
South-eastern Australia.
Habitat
Seagrass and macroalgal habitats on shallow reefs in the lower reaches of rivers, sheltered estuaries and bays, in 0-3 m.
More Information
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Animal Type
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Brief Id
Long, tubular, mottled brown pipefish.
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Maximum Size
10 cm
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, Fisheries Act 1995: Protected Aquatic Biota, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Least Concern
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Depths
Shallow (1-30 m)
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Water Column Locations
On or near seafloor
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
Castelnau, 1872
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Common Name
Hairy Pipefish
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Species Name
carinirostris
