Sydney's Pygmy Pipehorse
Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri
- Water temperature20–21 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 135 records
- February: 27 records
- March: 60 records
- April: 37 records
- May: 27 records
- June: 31 records
- July: 42 records
- August: 43 records
- September: 33 records
- October: 28 records
- November: 61 records
- December: 117 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–21 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Sydney's Pygmy Pipehorse
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- Caballito de Mar Pigmeo de Sídney
- Simplified Chinese
- 悉尼侏儒海马
Other scientific names: Acentronura lumnitzeri
Similar species
- Southern Little Pipehorse
Idiotropiscis australis
Banded PipefishCorythoichthys flavofasciatus
Bloodspot PipefishCorythoichthys haematopterus
Banded pipefishCorythoichthys intestinalis
Bluestripe pipefishDoryrhamphus excisus
Banded PipefishDunckerocampus dactyliophorus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 13 open-data records from 1997 to 2007.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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