The Zavora pipefish (''Halicampus zavorensis'') is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is only known from three specimens found in the Western Indian Ocean, one from

Zavora Zavora is a beach, north east of Maputo in Mozambique, in the district of Inharrime District, Inharrime, province of Inhambane Province, Inhambane. It is located 420 km north east of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, and 27 km east from ...

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

and two from

Sur, Oman Sur ( ar, صُوْر, Ṣūr) is the capital city of Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, and the former capital of Ash Sharqiyah Region in northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located about southeast of the Omani capital Mus ...

. Little is known about its habitat or feeding habits, but they are expected to feed on small

crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

similar to other pipefish. It can grow to at least in length. This species is

ovoviviparous Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a term used as a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous and live-bearing viviparous reproduction. Ovoviviparous animals possess embryos that develop insi ...

, with males carrying eggs and giving birth to live young.

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