Ladder Pipefish
Festucalex scalaris
- Group: Seahorse
- Max size: 18 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
A slender pipefish of trawled bottoms, it also turns up among weed and algae and once from a pond. As in its relatives the male broods the eggs in a pouch beneath his tail, sometimes carrying them by twelve centimetres in length.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Syngnathiformes › Syngnathidae › Festucalex
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 279035.
FAQ
- Is the Ladder Pipefish dangerous to divers?
- The Ladder Pipefish is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Ladder Pipefish get?
- The Ladder Pipefish grows to about 18 cm.