This week’s critter is a long skinny fish that looks like a ribbon of seaweed. It’s a weak swimmer and hangs out in seaweed meadows around the east coast of Aotearoa.
Ihe ihu roa / Long-snouted pipefish perform elaborate courtship dances with lots of wriggling and shaking and, like its relative the seahorse, the males carry the eggs and give birth.
Long-snouted pipefish Photo: Alan Paterson, used with permission
