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Pigsnout pipefish (Choeroichthys suillus)
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Ecological Illustration of Pigsnout pipefish (Choeroichthys suillus)
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Syngnathidae

Pigsnout pipefish

Choeroichthys suillus

Pipefish from the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Island endemic
  • Island endemic species
  • Local endemic species
  • Restricted distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Pigsnout pipefish is known from Western Central Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Pipefishes and Allies
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Choeroichthys
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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