banded pipefish

Filicampus tigris

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–37 m
Water temperature15–27 °C
Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The tiger pipefish is a species of pipefish native to the marine waters around Australia at depths of from 2 to 27 metres. This species grows to a length of 29.6 centimetres (11.7 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Tiger pipefish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 46 records
February: 70 records
March: 61 records
April: 63 records
May: 41 records
June: 35 records
July: 57 records
August: 48 records
September: 40 records
October: 59 records
November: 56 records
December: 54 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–37 m · Deepest record: 131.5 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 4 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–27 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 4 records
18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 44 records
22–24 °C: 40 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 2 records

Photos

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(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: banded pipefish, Tentacled pipefish, Tiger pipefish

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Pez Pipa Tigre
Simplified Chinese: 虎紋線海龍, 虎纹线海龙

Other scientific names: Syngnathus superciliaris, Syngnathus tigris

Similar species

Banded Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
Bloodspot Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Banded pipefish
Corythoichthys intestinalis
Bluestripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus excisus
Banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
236 open-data records from 1904 to 2014.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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