deepwater pipefish

Cosmocampus profundus

Fish Reaching Twenty Centimeters in the Caribbean Sea

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Anguilliform
Medium

Cosmocampus profundus (deepwater pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found near the southeastern US, the Virgin Islands, and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The few specimens of this species that have been collected were found over sand and coral at depths of 100-265m.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Cosmocampus
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: known only from eastern Florida in USA and western Caribbean.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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