Red-hair Pipefish, Duncker's Pipefish  |  

Halicampus dunckeri

 

The Duncker’s pipefish is a small sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 15 cm. It has a thin and elongate body with reduced fins which are difficult to observe. The body color is highly variable from one individual to another ranging from creamy white to dark brown through redish to yellowish. The dorsal part of the body is full of small whitish skin growths as well as irregular pale bars. Its head is rather small with large eyes, the snout is short with a characteristic whitish part at its tip.

Government evidence of impact of climate change:

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  • IUCN Red List Assessment, Halicampus dunckeri

    This species would benefit from efforts across scales to mitigate climate change in order to ensure the future of its coral habitats.

    One third of reef building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts.

    However; one of the species habitats; coral reefs; are declining as a result of climate change; destructive fishing; and coastal development globally (e.g.; Carpenter et al. 2008) as well as regionally (Bruno and Selig 2007) and locally in some areas (e.g.; De’Ath et al. 2012) within the range of Halicampus grayi.

    One third of reef building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts.

    Coral reef habitat has decline throughout most of its range due to conversion and pollution from coastal developments; destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling and dynamite fishing; and from ocean acidification and increased sea surface temperatures (Bruno and Selig 2007; Carpenter et al. 2008; De’Ath et al. 2012).

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