Halicampus boothae

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| name = Booth's pipefish

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Halicampus boothae

| authority = Whitley, 1964

| synonyms = {{Species list|Micrognathus boothae|Whitley, 1964}}

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Booth's pipefish (Halicampus boothae) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, in South Africa and the Comoro Islands, and in the Western Pacific, from South Korea and Japan to the Great Barrier Reef and Tonga.{{cite journal | author1 = Kuo, T. | author2 = Pollom, R. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2016 | title = Halicampus boothae | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T65367461A67624492 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T65367461A67624492.en | doi-access = free }} It lives in rocks and coral reefs to depths of {{convert|30|m|ft}}, where it can grow to lengths of {{convert|17.5|cm|in}}.Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA This species is ovoviviparous,{{FishBase|Halicampus|boothae|month=February|year=2018}} with males carrying eggs and giving birth to live young.