Festucalex cinctus

Girdled Pipefish | Orange-cheek Pipefish
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus, adult, Port Stephens, NSW, Photo: Tom Davis
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus, adult, Port Stephens, NSW, Photo: Tom Davis
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus, adult, Port Stephens, NSW, Photo: Tom Davis
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
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Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus
Festucalex cinctus

Distribution

Temperate Australasia


Description

Small species with a short snout and a body that is either dark silver or cream with about 15 broken bands. Leafy appendages on back and a yellow/orange patch on cheek. Most often seen resting on rubble or coarse sand.


Information

Max Size: 13 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 15.5-24.4°C

Depth: 2-30m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (6.1% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: GJ Edgar. 2008. Australian Marine Life. New Holland, Sydney