title: Hippichthys
text: # Hippichthys
  
  Hippichthys is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the landmasses around them. This genus contains freshwater, brackish water and marine species.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently six recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Hippichthys albomaculosus A. P. Jenkins & Mailautoka, 2010
  * Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1854) (Blue-spotted pipefish)
  * Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 (Belly pipefish)
  * Hippichthys parvicarinatus (C. E. Dawson, 1978) (Short-keel pipefish)
  * Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849) (Beady pipefish)
  * Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838) (Bellybarred pipefish)
  