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🌊 Marine Vulnerable 🌡️ Tropical

Ball's pipe fish

Cosmocampus balli Fowler, 1925
Max Length
12 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
12.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
reef

📖 Overview

Most sub-adults and adults have been taken in protected, shallow, reef habitats. Juveniles taken in near-shore surface plankton tows. Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .

Scientific Name
Cosmocampus balli
Authority
Fowler, 1925
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
IUCN Status
VU
Max Length
12 cm
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
12.00/100
Migration
Non-migratory
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

: eel-like.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Ball's pipe fish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External

Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch .

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory . Tropical Central Pacific: Hawaii.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🪸 Reef Associated
Migration
Non-migratory
Trophic Level
3.3±0.5

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00035 × L3.19 (TL)
Max TL
12cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Vulnerable
Assessment Date
2015

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
12.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Fowler, 1925

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 4 records indexed .

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