Stigmatopora nigra (Black Pipefish)
Underwater Photography of the Black Pipefish (Stigmatopora nigra) by South Pacific Photojournalist and Underwater Photographer Richard Robinson.
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order:Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses)
Family: Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses)
Other Names: Wide-bodied pipefish
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand.