''Cosmocampus howensis'' (Lord Howe pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the South Pacific from Jervis Bay (New South Wales, Australia) to Easter Island. It lives in lagoons and on rocky reefs, where it grows to lengths of .Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. It is expected to feed on small crustaceans, similar to other

pipefishes Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''), form the family Syngnathidae. Description Pipefish look like straight-bodied seah ...

. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs before giving birth to live young.

Identifying features

This species has a blotchy brown body, occasionally marked with dark speckles and pale bars.Vanessa J. Thompson & Dianne J. Bray, Cosmocampus howensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Nov 2017, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3176

References

howensis Marine fish Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley Fish described in 1948 {{Syngnathiformes-stub