''Cosmocampus coccineus'' is a species of
pipefish from the
family Syngnathidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from
Bahía de Banderas
Bahía de Banderas (, Spanish for ''Bay of Flags'') is a bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, within the Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit. It is also the name of an administrative municipality, located on the bay in Nayarit state. The port ...
in Mexico south to
Bahía de la Independencia, southern Peru, and in waters off the
Galapagos Islands. It is common among red algae and coral, down to depths of . It is an
ovoviviparous breeder in which the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is located under his tail.
''C. coccineus'' has been regarded as a subspecies of ''
C. arctus'', along with ''
C. heraldi''.
References
coccineus
Taxa named by Earl Stannard Herald
Fish described in 1940
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