Scientific Name	Hippichthys spicifer   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Rüppell, 1838)	Depth	0 - 5M
Chinese	帶紋多環海龍	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海龍科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F295　Syngnathidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	帶紋多環海龍
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海龍
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	[Et Tor] El Tor/At-Tur, Sinai coast, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, ca. 28°14'N, 33°36'E
Synonyms	Bombonia spicifer, Corythroichthys spicifer, Hippichthys specifer, Micrognathus suvensis, Microphis tenuis, Syngnathus gastrotaenia, Syngnathus gracilis, Syngnathus hunnii, Syngnathus perlatus, Syngnathus spicifer, Syngnathus spicifer gastrotaenia, Syngnathus tapeinosoma
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)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055706. ASIZP0056344. ASIZP0072659. ASIZP0072696. ASIZP0072697. ASIZP0805342. ASIZP0805379. ASIZP0805380. ASIZP0915342. ASIZP0915379. ASIZP0915380. FRIP21498. NTMP0375. NTOUP201005-286. USNM00217548.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Bellybarred pipefish; Banded freshwater pipefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body typically slender and elongate, without scales, encased in a series of bony rings. Superior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous; inferior trunk and tail ridges continuous; lateral trunk ridge deflected ventrad near anal ring. Median dorsal snout ridge low, entired; opercle with a complete, straight, longitudinal ridge; other head ridges distinct but not strongly elevated; at least some scutella with longitudinal keels; without dermal flaps. Dorsal-fin origin usually on 2nd-3rd tail ring. Rings 14-16 + 36-41, darsal-fin rays 25-30, pectoral-fin rays 15-18. Brownish, mottled or with prominent dark bars crossing lower half of side and venter of trunk; bars absent or obscured by dark ground color in some adults; dorsal rays without rows of distinct brown spots.
habitats	Occurs in shallow coastal and estuarine waters, sometimes among mangroves. Also found regularly in freshwater in the lower reaches of rivers. Males maybe brooding at about 9.8 SL.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to Sri Lanka and Samoa, horth to southern Japan. It is mainly found in northern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.