Halicampus macrorhynchus Winged Pipefish

Halicampus macrorhynchus is commonly referred to as Winged Pipefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 400 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2804 

AphiaID:

218011 

Scientific:

Halicampus macrorhynchus 

German:

Flügel-Seenadel 

English:

Winged Pipefish 

Category:

Nålefisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Halicampus (Genus) > macrorhynchus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bamber, 1915 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, China, Egypt, Fiji, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Java, Jordan, Lombok, Micronesia, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 25 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Coral reefs, Coralline algae reef, Reef-associated, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.09" (18 cm) 

Temperature:

25,2 °F - 29,3 °F (25,2°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Carnivore, Living Food, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

87.99 gal (~ 400L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Halicampus boothae
  Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus brocki
  Brocks Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus dunckeri
  Rothaar-Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus edmondsoni
  Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus grayi
  Netz-Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus macrorhynchus
  Flügel-Seenadel
• Halicampus marquesensis
• 
  Halicampus mataafae
  Samoa-Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus nitidus
  Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus punctatus
  Sternen-Seenadel
• 
  Halicampus spinirostris
  Stachelschnauzen-Seenadel
• Halicampus zavorensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-05-03 10:34:48 

Last edit:

2025-08-30 12:37:30 

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