Vanacampus phillipi

Vanacampus phillipi, also known as the Port Phillip pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.^[2] They can be found inhabiting seaweed and seagrass beds along the southern coast of Australia from Perth to Jervis Bay, New South Wales including the coast of Tasmania.^[3][4] Their diet consists of small crustaceans such as copepods, amphipods, and mysid shrimps.^[5][6][7] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth to 50 or less offspring.^[5][8]

Port Phillip pipefish
Syngnathus phillipi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Vanacampus
Species:	V. phillipi
Binomial name
Vanacampus phillipi Lucas 1891[2]