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Ornate Ghost Pipefish
Solenostomus paradoxus · Bony fish — family Solenostomidae (ghost pipefishes), relatives of seahorses and pipefishes
An ornate ghost pipefish hangs head-down beside a crinoid pretending to be part of it, and the disguise nearly works — lacy spiked fins, a fringed profile, colors running crinoid black-and-yellow through burgundy and white. Unlike its seahorse cousins the female does the brooding, cupping eggs in a pouch formed by her broad pelvic fins, and the classic find is a pair: a larger female with a smaller male drifting a hand-span away. The species appears at muck and reef sites in pulses, arriving from the plankton, settling, breeding, and vanishing within weeks or months, so ask guides what has been showing lately rather than expecting fixtures. Check feather stars, black coral bushes, and seagrass margins, and look twice at any debris drifting wrong-way-up against the current. Stillness beats pursuit every time.
どこで・いつ見られるか
「常駐（Resident）」とは、そのダイビングスポットでのほとんどのダイブで遭遇できることを意味します。「季節限定（Seasonal）」とは、記載された月に確実に見られることを意味します。それ以外の出会いはボーナスであり、計画の前提にはなりません。
| 目的地 | 信頼性 | 月 | メモ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bali & Nusa PenidaIndonesia | Occasional | 年間を通じて | |
| Lembeh StraitIndonesia | Occasional | 年間を通じて | |
| AnilaoPhilippines | Occasional | 年間を通じて | |
| Similan Islands & Richelieu RockThailand | Occasional | 年間を通じて | |
| Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo IslandPhilippines | Occasional | 年間を通じて | |
| Banda Sea & AmbonIndonesia | Occasional | 年間を通じて |
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ハビタット: Drifts head-down beside crinoids, black corals, gorgonians, and seagrass edges on reef slopes and muck bottoms.
分布域: Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia.
生態・行動: Appears seasonally in pulses after a planktonic phase, pairs up, breeds, and vanishes; unlike seahorses the female broods eggs in a pouch formed by her large pelvic fins.
食性: Tiny crustaceans plucked from the water and the host with a rapid pipette strike.
サイズ: 目安は 0.09 m; 確認済みの最大記録 0.12 m (total length; females larger than males).
出会ったときの正しいふるまい方
Search along crinoids without touching them, and shoot from the side rather than herding the fish; pairs abandon a host that gets crowded.
保全
Not reliably assessed; short lifespans and planktonic dispersal make populations naturally patchy from year to year.
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