Due to a wide range and adaptability to habitat, the robust ghost pipefish is considered a species of least concern by the IUCN.

Its natural camouflage abilities allow it to evade predators while seeking out its own prey, which includes bottom-dwelling crustaceans and plankton.

Larvae are planktonic, but are relatively well-developed; the mother releases them into the water column from her brood-pouch, which is a sexually-dimorphic feature formed from her two pelvic fins.

It also momentarily went by Solenostomus bleekerii, given by French zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril to honor Bleeker in 1870, but this name has since been synonymized.

[11] The body may be gray, brown, pink, yellow, or bright green, with small black and white dots, and the robust ghost pipefish is capable of gradual color changes depending upon its environment (taking 24 to 36 hours).

[2] The olfactory organ is a smooth pit in females, but is equipped with radiating folds (called lamellae) in the males.

[12] This species lives in the Red Sea and in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the coast of East Africa to Fiji, southern Japan, and Australia.

[1] The robust ghost pipefish is possibly taken from the wild for the aquarium trade, but not at such a rate that its population numbers are suffering.

[6] Egg envelopes are attached to small extensions of the skin only present in female specimens, where they can safely incubate inside the brood-pouch.

It has a wide range, well-adapted camouflage abilities, and can withstand a variety of habitat conditions; all of these support a high survivability rate for the species.

[1] It is of little interest to the ornamental fish industry due to its short lifespan and failure to thrive in captivity, so it is not at risk for over-collection.