Mushroom Coral Pipefish - Siokunichthys nigrolineatus

Mushroom Coral Pipefish - Siokunichthys nigrolineatus are all white in colour with a short stripe of brown running through its eye. Mostly found in pairs.
They lives in the Mushroom Corals, where they hides well and also camouflaged easily in the tentacles of the Mushroom Corals.

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Albert Kang

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I think there is a typo error, the species name should be Mushroom Coral Pipefish and not Museum-coral Pipefish. Thanks Posted 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Fixed, thanks for reporting. Posted 9 years ago

The Mushroom-coral pipefish

Siokunichthys nigrolineatus is an urophorine (tail-pouch) pipefish with a black diagonal stripe on side of head and micromelanophores shading the postorbital area; head and body otherwise near white.

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Similar species: Pipefishes And Seahorses

Species identified by morpheme