Image of a male & female Pipefish Pair going through their daily pairing ritual that is done for one hour each day.Pipefish like Seahorses pair up for life,the male carries the eggs & they produce young once a month.They pair up for an hour each day to familiarize themselves then part company until the next day.Image taken at Komodo Marine Park,Indonesia / © copyright M.Tworkowski
ghost pipefish in Indonesia. Ghost pipefish are related to seahorses
Image of a pair of Banded Pipefish taken at Komodo Marine Park,Indonesia.The male at the bottom of frame is carrying eggs located on its underside,the pair usually meet for about 1 hour each day to re-familiarize themselves & are known to pair up for life.They are a very close relative to the Seahorse. / © All images copyright MattTworkowski 2008 / /
I’ve always loved seahorses, leafy seadragons, pipefish and all their strange relatives. Here I wanted to show the variety of these unusual animals. The spines on the back, by the way, are formed by shrimpfish—little syngnathids that swim head-down in schools. That blue critter on top is the harlequin ghost pipefish. /
Little juvenile Wide-bodied Pipefish hiding amongst red algae strands. Stigmatopora nigra, Mornington Pier.
This Pygmy Pipehorse was actually a big one at approx 1.5 cm. Taken at Bare Island, Botany Bay, Sydney Australia. / The Pipehorse is a member of the Syngnathid family which includes Seahorses, Pipefish and Dragons. / (The shot was taken with a Canon 40D, EF 100mm with a +2 on the front) This shot features in this calendar
© Copyright 2007 Andrew Trevor-Jones Pipefish, Corythoichthys sp., at Pixie’s Pinnacle, Ribbon Reef #10, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Depth: 6.4 metres. Nikon D70, Nikkor 18-55mm, Ikelite housing and dome port with 2 x DS125 strobes. ISO200, 1/200s, f/11, @55mm
This image of an Ornate Ghost Pipefish hiding in the black coral was taking near Komodo Island, Indonesia.
The green of this pipefish contrasts well with the red algae background. Stigmatopora argus, Blairgowrie Marina.
More on this photo can be found at Simon’s Underwater Photography Blog www.simonsaysscuba.com
Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), “Susan’s Reef,” Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. This image was taken at a depth of 26m, where this fish made its home in a stand of whip coral. Just a few meters further on, I took a picture of the closely related Ghost Pipefish / in another stand of whip coral. Nikon D300, 60mm Micro Nikkor, ISO 200, f/32 at 1/60 sec, Seacam housing, Seacam flash. Was featured in SEA.
Pair of Ornate Ghost Pipefish – Loloata – Papua New Guinea
Close up of Pipefish – Lembeh Strait – Sulawesi
Robust Ghost Pipefish / Sabang, The Philippines, March 2009
Sabang, The Philippines, March 2009
Ringed Pipefish – Dauin – Philippines
Family of Ornate Ghostpipefish – Dauin – Philippines
Pipefish living at Sydney Aquarium
A pregnant male messmate pipefish carrying eggs – Lembeh – July 09
2009-06-28, Canon G9, Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, B&J Housereef
A collection of images of Seahorses and other fish from the Syngnathid family. All images taken on the South East coast of Australia.
Ornate Ghost Pipefish, Philippines
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