Species: Bryx randalli, Ocellated Pipefish
snout medium, depth 30% length
D 22-27
Bryx randalli (Herald, 1965)
Ocellated Pipefish
Head ~11% of SL; snout moderate length, upturned, depth 30% of its length, with low, finely serrated ridge along top; a ridge along top of operculum; dorsal 22-27 rays; pectoral 12-14 rays; no anal fin; no pelvic fins; tail fin 10 rays; 17-18 trunk rings, 30-33 tail rings; ridges on upper body and tail not joined; ridge on mid side of body straight, ends near anus; lower body ridge joins lower tail ridge; brood pouch under tail, with semi-overlapping plates pouch under tail rings 14-19.
Grey brown; mottled; with whitish spots, often in vertical rows, forming bars, especially on the tail; rear of body yellowish-grey; snout yellow-green above, reddish below; cheeks olive brown, with oblique yellow lines; fins transparent.
Reaches 9.3 cm.
Rock and coral, also in algae in mangroves.
Depth range: 0.3-30 m.
The Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Corals
- Estuary
- Mangrove
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
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- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
