• Location: Romblon Island

  • Depth: shallow / medium depth

  • Cover Photo: Xanth Huang

  • Scientific Name: Halicampus nitidus (Günther, 1873)

This beautiful and rare pipefish looks like a miniature dragon. The Glittering pipefish (Halicampus nitidus) can easily be identified by scuba divers and underwater macro photographers because of its stunning spikes and dark brown and silvery-white bands around its body, similar to a zebra’s pattern. It’s one of our guests’ favorite subject for underwater macro photography.

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