Species: Cosmocampus hildebrandi, Dwarf pipefish
body stout
D 19-21
A 2-4
Cosmocampus hildebrandi (Herald, 1965)
Dwarf pipefish
Body stout, squarish in cross section; snout with ridge along side, moderately long [42% (26-45%) of head length] and deep (25-71% of its length); operculum with longitudinal ridge angled up towards gill opening; dorsal 19-21 rays; anal 2-4 rays; pectoral 11 (10-13) rays; no pelvic fins; tail 10 rays; upper trunk and tail ridges not joined; ridge on flank of body straight, ends near anus; lower trunk and tail ridges joined; main body ridges sometimes with spines at end of rings; usually with skin flaps; 0-2 trunk rings under dorsal fin; tail rings 31-35; trunk rings 16-18; body with skin flaps; brood pouch under tail rings 12-20, with well developed plates.
Pale brown, without distinctive markings.
Reaches 10 cm.
Lives in coral, rock and sand habitats.
Depth range: 4-73 m.
N Carolina to the NE Gulf of Mexico; northerrn Cuba.
High Resolution Map Download
- Salinity
-
- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
-
- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
-
- Bottom
- Habitat
-
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
-
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
-
- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
-
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
-
- Data
- Live birth
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
-
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
-
- Continent only
- All species..
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Extends North of GC
- Residency
-
- Resident
- Climate Zone
-
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
-
- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
-
- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
-
- 73
- Depth Range Min
-
- 4
- Length Max
-
- 10
