Pascal Kobeh / Banded / Ringed pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus), Sulu sea, Philippines

Franco Banfi / Yellow ringed / banded pipefish, (Dunckerocampus pessuliferus) Pura Vida House Reef, Dumaguete, East Negros Island, Central Visayas, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Banded / ringed pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus) Sulu Sea, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Ringed pipefish on starfish (Doryramphus dactyliophorus) Indo Pacific

Doug Perrine / Ringed pipefish {Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus} Gato Island, Cebu, Philippines

David Fleetham / Ringed / Banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactylioporus), mature male, brooding clutch of unprotected eggs on its underside, Mabul Island, Malaysia.

David Fleetham / Yellow banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus pessuliferus), Mabul Island, Malaysia.

Georgette Douwma / Banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus) pair, male carrying eggs, Cebu, Malapascua Island, Philippines, September

David Hall / Ringed pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus) pair, male carrying fertilized eggs attached to a specialized patch of skin on its abdomen, Ambon, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Yellowbanded pipefish (Doryrhamphus pessuliferus) swimming over sea floor, Philippines.