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Pipehorse (Amphelikturus dendriticus)
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Ecological Illustration of Pipehorse (Amphelikturus dendriticus)
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Syngnathidae

Pipehorse

Amphelikturus dendriticus

Young hatch in the male brood pouch

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Pipehorse is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Pipefishes and Allies
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Amphelikturus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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