Robust ghost pipefish, Solenostomus cyanopterusWe took an underwater photography trip to the Philippines in December 2016. We returned in November 2024.
Pipefish look like straight-bodied seahorses with tiny mouths. The snout is a long tube ending in a narrow and small mouth which opens upward and is toothless.
Robust ghost pipefish, Solenostomus cyanopterus
Ornate ghost pipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus
Ringed (Naia, Banded) pipefish, Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
Network pipefish, Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
Seahorses have segmented bony armour, an upright posture and a curled prehensile tail.
Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix (hixtrix)
Pygmy pipehorses have a prehensile tail, a fully-enclosed brood pouch, a short head and snout, and no caudal fin.
Pygmy (Thread) pipehorse, Kyonemichthus rumengani
Pygmy seahorses have fused jaws that suck food into tubular mouths. They are found in southeast Asia and the Coral Triangle area. They spend their entire lives on a single gorgonium coral.
Pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti
(orange variant)
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