Scientific Name	Halicampus macrorhynchus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bamber, 1915	Depth	0 - 25M
Chinese	大吻海蠋魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海龍科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F295　Syngnathidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	大吻海蠋魚
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	巨吻海龍、海龍
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Suez, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea
Synonyms	Phanerotokeus gohari
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2005)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Ruth C. Bamber 1915 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056534.
Common Name	Ornate pipefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body typically slender and elongate, without scales, encased in a series of bony rings. Snout longer, its length 1.5-1.9 in HL. Superior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous, the trunk ridge sometimes arches dorsad on subdorsal rings; inferior trunk ridge ends at anal ring; lateral trunk ridge confluent with inferior tail ridge. Median dorsal snout ridge with an irregular distribution of minute spines and short ridge-like projections; lateral snout spines present; dorsal rim of orbit clearly elevated, flared somewhat laterad, more or less truncate distally; opercle with a complete longitudinal ridge; scutella without longitudinal keels; dermal flaps well developed on head and body. Rings 14-15 + 25-27, darsal-fin rays 18-19, pectoral-fin rays 16-19. Colour variable, brown to pinkish red with whitish mottling or barring.
habitats	Inhabits reef flats where it is found in seagrass areas, among coral rubble and algae-covered rocks. Juveniles with round-leafed seagrasses on sand slopes, usually settling from pelagic state at about 8 cm long. Adults on sand or algae covered reefs to ab
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from northern Red Sea, Indonesia off Sumbawa Islands, Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to New Britain Islands and Guadalcanal Islands in the Solomon Islands, north to Japan and south to Queensland in Australia. It is f
Utility	No commercial value.