Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 58 - 74 m (Ref. 5316). Temperate
Eastern Indian Ocean: Bass Strait and Tasman Sea, Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5316)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabits rubble bottom of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).
Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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