Blue-striped pipefish

Least concern.
Categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List:

It uses its tubular snout to ingest its food, similar to a Seahorse.

It is monogamous, and the male carries the eggs in an offspring pouch located under its tail.

It has a long snout with a central, thorny crest. It´s of a reddish-brown color, with a blue band at the top of its body and another black one on the sides of its snout.

It is uncommon, and disguises itself well; it prefers to stay in cracks found in rocks and corals, and areas under fractured seabeds.

It feeds on small crustaceans and plankton.