Halicampus grayi, Gray's pipefish

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Halicampus grayi Kaup, 1856

Gray's pipefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses) > Syngnathinae
Etymology: Halicampus: Greek, als, alis = salt + Greek, kampe = bend (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: John Edward Gray (1800–1875) was a British ornithologist and entomologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Kaup.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 48635). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, off Sri Lanka, and from the Gulf of Thailand and Australia to Kyûshû Islands, Japan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5316)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 22; Anal soft rays: 4. Short-snouted species with large eyes (Ref. 48635).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults live in muddy habitats, often covered with silt and extremely well-camouflaged (Ref. 48635). Planktonic specimens taken in the upper 0 to 100 m over depths to at least 2980 m while the demersal fish have been taken in SCUBA and trawl collections from 9 to 91.4 m. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). Males exhibit parental care by incubating and guarding the eggs in their brood pouch (Ref. 43081).

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Males carry the eggs in the brood pouch (Ref. 205).

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Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 November 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.3 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 1194 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00037 (0.00016 - 0.00085), b=3.18 (2.99 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.44 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (14 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 84.8 [48.1, 169.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.726 [0.429, 1.210] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [17.0, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.137 [0.081, 0.247] g/100g; Selenium = 37.9 [19.4, 89.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 74 [25, 221] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.71 [1.17, 2.39] mg/100g (wet weight);