Alligator pipefish
Syngnathoides biaculeatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Syngnathoides
Where to Find
Found in 34 diving areas across 19 countries and 5 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 12 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 103 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 104 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 9 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 15 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 22 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 23 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 18 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 10 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 25 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 12 records