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Roughridge pipefish
Cosmocampus banneri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Roughridge pipefish
- Scientific
- Cosmocampus banneri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5.8 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A small, pale pipefish with diffuse dark bars on the lower body, reaching about 6 cm.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cosmocampus-banneri.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Roughridge_pipefish_(Cosmocampus_banneri)_(16059245859).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.