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Pygmy pipefish (Micrognathus_pygmaeus)
Dauin,Oct 4, 2012.
Up to 6 cm (2 1/4 inch.). Snout is short. Skin flaps abasent except for tiny flaps on head. Tiny tail. Brown with about 10 narrow whitish saddles on back and upper side. Solitary and cryptic.
Habitat: Inside caves and crevices of coastal lagoons and outer reefs to 10 m. Indo Pacific.
Up to 6 cm (2 1/4 inch.). Snout is short. Skin flaps abasent except for tiny flaps on head. Tiny tail. Brown with about 10 narrow whitish saddles on back and upper side. Solitary and cryptic.
Habitat:
Inside caves and crevices of coastal lagoons and outer reefs to 10 m. Indo Pacific.
Notes: Is one of these tiny animals that, without the expert eye of our dive guide, we would have never spotted!
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=17430
The Thorntail Pipefish is one of the smallest pipefishes known. In Australia, the species has previously been known as Micrognathus brevirostris which is a Red Sea endemic.
