Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Short-bodied pipefish
No photo available
Photo: All Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Centre (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia); British Museum (Natural History). / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/5987488983; Commons file: Choeroichthys brachysoma.jpg

Short-bodied pipefish

Choeroichthys brachysoma

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Short-bodied pipefish
Scientific
Choeroichthys brachysoma
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Syngnathidae (pipefishes and seahorses)
Maximum size
Up to about 7 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 25 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A short pipefish, dark brown with small black spots and white speckles, reaching about 7 cm. Males carry the eggs in a pouch under the tail.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.