straight-nosed pipefish

Nerophis ophidion

Pipefish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

straight-nosed pipefish is a fish from Eastern Atlantic. The largest recorded length is 29 cm. Its body is an eel-like body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Nerophis
Maximum length: 29 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco (excluding region from Denmark to Netherlands), also throughout the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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