
Floating sea grass/algae?
Robust Ghostpipefish - Solenostomus cyanopterus belongs to the family of Seahorses. Unlike Seahorses, it is the female that carries and broods the eggs.
They can be highly variable in colour - green, brown, grey and in combination with white and black and oftentimes, like in this picture, they have moulted look. They swims in a 'swaying' motion like dead leaf, grass or algae as a mimicry.
The robust ghost pipefish, ''Solenostomus cyanopterus'', is a species of false pipefishes belonging to the family Solenostomidae.
Similar species: Pipefishes And Seahorses
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Uploaded Dec 5, 2016. Captured Mar 28, 2016 09:18 in PCG Anilao Lighthouse, Mabini, Philippines.