Cosmocampus hildebrandi

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| name = American dwarf pipefish

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Cosmocampus hildebrandi

| authority = Herald, 1965

| synonyms = {{Species list|Syngnathus hildebrandi|Herald, 1965}}

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Cosmocampus hildebrandi (American dwarf pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, off of the US coast from North Carolina south to the Gulf of Mexico, off the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), and off of northwestern Cuba.{{cite journal | author1 = Williams, J.T. | author2 = Brenner, J. | author3 = Pollom, R. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = Cosmocampus hildebrandi | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2015 | page = e.T47150446A47461886 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T47150446A47461886.en | doi-access = free }} It inhabits sandy habitats with seagrass, coral, and rock substrates at depths of {{convert|5-75|m|ft}}, where it can grow to lengths of {{convert|8.6|cm|in}}. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs and giving birth to live young.Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20)p.183