Roatan mystery pipefish

Another one that may be impossible to ID without a specimen but maybe someone here knows or at least it may be helpful to have the image in the public domain.

Found on Cocoview wall at 30 foot about half-way up the vertical wall.

One more, showing little white flaps hanging off the sides of each white band

There is a indo-pacific species called 'winged pipefish' not sure if there is a caribbean equivalent.

Olly

One more, showing little white flaps hanging off the sides of each white band

This is one form of Halicampus crinitus (banded pipefish).

Les

Thanks Les,

It looks quite different from the H crinitus in FishBase but I trust you're right. I heard from the people here at cocoview that you guys spend a lot of time on the reefs here. Any chance you've seen the Starksia I posted a day earlier?

Bart