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Syngnathidae
Shortnose pipefish
Micrognathus andersonii
Light stripes with dark edges
Shortnose pipefish is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 8.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Micrognathus
- Maximum length
- 8.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Tonga; Belau, to the eastern Caroline and Mariana Islands in Micronesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

