Orange banded pipefish
Alternative names: Dunckerocampus pessuliferus, banded pipefish, candy pipefish, candycane pipefish, flagtail pipefish, yellow-banded pipefish
This fish lives in the shallow waters of maximum 44 meters deep in Western Central Pacific and the Eastern Indian Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 16 centimeters and has a total number of 30 dorsal soft fins.
It has a darkly coloured body, thin and elongated, with numerous narrow, brightly coloured yellow-orange stripes. Its nozzle is long and pointy.
It is usually found singly or in pairs close to the bottom of muddy slopes and around remote coral heads over estuaries and reefs.