Alligator pipefish

The alligator pipefish or double-ended pipefish (Syngnathoides biaculeatus) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae and is the only species in the monotypic genus Syngnathoides. It is found in shallow water in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific, its range extending from East Africa to northern Australia. This fish lives in habitats of seagrass and seaweed, and hides by positioning itself vertically with its head down amidst the similar-coloured fronds of vegetation. The elongated, well-camouflaged body can reach 29 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds by sucking up its prey.

Alligator pipefish
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Syngnathoides
Bleeker, 1851
Species:
S. biaculeatus
Binomial name
Syngnathoides biaculeatus
(Bloch, 1785)
Synonyms
  • Stigmatophora unicolor Castelnau, 1875
  • Syngnathoides bicauleatus (Bloch, 1785)
  • Syngnathoides biculeatus (Bloch, 1785)
  • Syngnathoides blochii Bleeker, 1851
  • Syngnathus biaculeatus Bloch, 1785
  • Syngnathus tetragonus Thunberg, 1776
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