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Fish, Shortsnout Pipe

Lissocampus filum

Fish, Needle

Fish

Chordata

Actinopterygii

Syngnathidae

Soft Bottom Subtidal
Soft Bottom Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal

Feeding:
Predator
Predator
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Inedible
Inedible
Size:
Hand Sized
Hand Sized



An elongated fish, slighly tubular in the mid section. Short fused jaws.


Live amongst seaweed and eelgrass.


Closely related to the seahorse, pipefish feed on small crustaceans.


It is the male pipefish which takes charge of the eggs while they develop and gives birth.
Have an amazing ability to camouflage.



The Rockpool Fishes of New Zealand: Paulin and Roberts