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Syngnathidae
fringed pipefish
Anarchopterus criniger
Males brood eggs in seagrass mudflats
fringed pipefish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Anarchopterus
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent from west of Mississippi Delta and in Caribbean (Ref. 26938 )
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

