Fish with a tube mouth, in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Ghost pipefish are tiny creatures that are so difficult to spot underwater, blinding in so well with their surroundings. Mainly because of this reason, divers simply love these creatures. The only way to see ghost pipefish is to dive with an experienced dive master who knows where they live on the reef. Also, these creatures are simply stunning and unusual creatures to look at. They hover motionlessly upside down looking alike an extension of the coral behind it. Ghost Pipefish also better known as False Pipefish or Tube mouth fish, but are in fact not members of the Pipefish family. Ghost Pipefish feed on tiny crustaceans like shrimp, mysids (opossum shrimps) and benthic creatures that live in the substrate or seabed. These creatures are almost vacuumed up into the Ghost Pipefish's long s