The tiger pipefish (''Filicampus tigris'') is a
species
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of
pipefish
Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''), form the family Syngnathidae.
Description
Pipefish look like straight-bodied seah ...
native to the marine waters around
Australia
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at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
SL. This species is the only known member of its
genus
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.
References
External links
Fishes of Australia : ''Filicampus tigris''
Syngnathidae
Marine fish of Australia
Monotypic marine fish genera
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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