Hardwicke's pipefish

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Hardwicke's pipefish
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Solegnathus
Species: S. hardwickii
Binomial name
Solegnathus hardwickii
(Gray, 1830)

Hardwicke's pipefish or pallid seahorse (Solegnathus hardwickii) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is found in Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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