Ocellated Pipefish

Has a color pattern very similar to C. schultzi.Description: Characterized by whitish color with dark grey snout; head and body covered with numerous dark-edged orange spots, sometimes merged to form solid stripes; 10 caudal rays; rings 15 - 16 + 29 - 32; discontinuous superior trunk and tail ridges; straight lateral trunk ridge, ends near anal ring; continuous inferior trunk and tail ridge; length of snout 1.7-2.0 in head length; head length 5.5-7.1 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 25; Analsoft rays: 4

Inhabits rubble patches of shallow sheltered reefs (Ref. 37816). Found to a depth of 12 m. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

Corythoichthys ocellatus, the ocellated pipefish or orange-spotted pipefish, is a marine pipefish found in the western Pacific Ocean. Belonging to the family Syngnathidae, it grows up to 10 cm long, and is found in the first 12 m of the warm tropical seas off the coast of Australia. Ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch found under the tail.