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title: Shorttailed Pipefish (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus)
scientific_name: Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus
common_name: Shorttailed Pipefish
taxon: Pipefishes
conservation_status: VU - Vulnerable
published: 2024-10-30T14:57:41.095Z
updated: 2026-08-08T21:24:39.087Z
tags: Shorttailed Pipefish, Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus, Pipefishes, Red Sea, Marine Life, Diving
url: https://redseacreatures.com/taxon/fishes/bony-fishes/pipefishes/shorttailed-pipefish
---

# Shorttailed Pipefish (*Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus*)

## Quick facts

- **Group:** Pipefishes (*Syngnathinae*)
- **Size:** 26 - 40 cm
- **Conservation status:** VU - Vulnerable

Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus, commonly referred to as the double-ended pipefish, is a marine species within the Syngnathidae family.

This species exhibits variable coloration ranging from white to yellow and black.

The double-ended pipefish is typically found in sandy and grassy environments, as well as in sheltered bays and lagoons across the Indo-Pacific region, extending from East Africa to New Caledonia, and from Japan to Australia.

Male members of this species reach maturity at approximately 26 centimeters in length, with adults capable of growing up to 40 centimeters.

The reproductive process of Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus is characterized by ovoviviparity, where males incubate eggs before giving live birth.

## Also known as

- **English:** double-ended pipefish, Bentstick Pipefish, Bend Stick Pipefish
- **Hebrew:** זמורן כהה
- **French:** Syngnathe à deux points, Syngnathe courbé
- **Italian:** Pesce ago a due anelli
- **German:** Schwanzlose Seenadel
- **Dutch:** Staartloze Zeenaald
- **Czech:** jehla tenká
- **Japanese:** ワカヨウジ, Wakayoji
- **Chinese:** 海龍, 短吻粗吻海龍, 短尾粗吻海龍
- **Russian:** Йозия

## Scientific synonyms

- *Ichthyocampus annulatus* MacLeay, 1878
- *Ichthyocampus maculatus* Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877
- *Syngnathus bicoarctatus* Bleeker, 1857
- *Syngnathus brevicaudus* Castelnau, 1875
- *Syngnathus zanzibarensis* Günther, 1867
- *Trachyramphus bicoarctata* (Bleeker, 1857)
- *Trachyramphus bicoarctatus* (Bleeker, 1857)
- *Trachyrhamphus bioarctatus* (Bleeker, 1857)
- *Yozia bicoarctata* (Bleeker, 1857)
- *Yozia bicoarctata erythraeensis* Dollfus & Petit, 1938
- *Yozia bicoarctata melanesiae* Fowler, 1945
- *Yozia bioarctata* (Bleeker, 1857)
- *Yozia compitalis* Whitley, 1950
- *Yozia compitalis samaraiensis* Kähsbauer, 1970
- *Yozia wakanourae* Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- *Ypzia bicoarctata* (Bleeker, 1857)

## Range

Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Red Sea, Republic of Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania

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*Source: [Red Sea Creatures](https://redseacreatures.com/taxon/fishes/bony-fishes/pipefishes/shorttailed-pipefish)*
*Updated: August 8, 2026*