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

David Fleetham / Brown-banded pipefish (Corythoichthys amplexus) on a reef off the island of Kadavu, Fiji.

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

Georgette Douwma / Yellowbanded pipefish (Doryhamphus pessuliferus) with eggs attached to his stomach, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Male Orange-banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus pessuliferus) with eggs attached to belly, and female nearby. Example of male parental care in fish. Malapascua Island. Visayan Sea, Philippines

Tim Laman / Male Orange-banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus pessuliferus) with eggs attached to belly, and female nearby. Example of male parental care in fish. Malapascua Island. Visayan Sea, Philippines

Constantinos Petrinos / Close up of the eggs of Ringed (Banded) pipefish {Doryramphus dactyliophorus} Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi Indonesia - newly laid eggs are red and deposited on underside of the male

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.