The Yellow Banded Pipefish, also written Yellowbanded, is native to coral reefs of Indonesia, the Philippines and Australasia. It has a bright yellow body with dark red banding which doesn't reach all the way to the end of the snout (unlike its relative, the Banded Pipefish). The colourful flag tail is bright red with a yellow centre and white edges.

It grows to 16cm (6 inches) long. They work as cleaner fish, eating parasites from other fish. Related to seahorses, female pipefish pass eggs to the male's brooding pouch and the male incubates the eggs and gives birth to live young.

The Banded Pipefish, also called Ringed, is native to reefs of the Indo-Pacific Oceans, including Southern Africa and northern Australasia.

It also has an offwhite or yellowish body with dark red banding but the banding is wider-spaced than that of the Yellowbanded Pipefish and it continues all the way to the end of the snout (unlike that of the Yellowbanded).

The colourful flag tail is also bright red with a yellow or orange centre and white edges.

The pipefish can grow to 19cm long.