Girdled pipefish

The Girdled pipefish lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 8 - 31 m environment.

The Girdled Pipefish has a broad head, slender snout and leafy appendages on the dorsal ridges. The species is endemic to Australia. More

A Girdled Pipefish at a depth of 8 m, Fly Point, Port Stephens, New South Wales, September 2009. More

Common names

Girdled pipefish in English
Orange-cheek pipefish in English
带纹光尾海龙 in Mandarin Chinese
帶紋光尾海龍 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Syngnathiformes
Family : Syngnathidae
Genus : Festucalex
Species : Festucalex cinctus
Authority : Ramsay, 1882