Sculptured pipefish

The Sculptured pipefish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 2 - 3 m environment.

On the reef were Gilded and Sculptured Pipefish which look rather like stretched out sea horses (they belong to the same family), Brain Corals, Yellow Boxfish, Giant Clams (football sized), lots of brightly coloured Parrot fish and Sea Cucumbers (Synapta maculata). More

Common names

Chigoyôji in Japanese (日本語)
Gegraveerde pypvis in Afrikaans
ocellated pipefish in Unknown
Punchi ata theliya in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Sculpted pipefish in English
sculptured pipefish in English
Tia'i pape in Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
Veistosneula in Finnish (suomen kieli)
彫紋海龍 in Mandarin Chinese
猪海龙 in Mandarin Chinese
豬海龍 in Mandarin Chinese
雕纹海龙 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Syngnathiformes
Family : Syngnathidae
Genus : Choeroichthys
Species : Choeroichthys sculptus
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