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straight-nosed pipefish (Nerophis ophidion)
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Ecological Illustration of straight-nosed pipefish (Nerophis ophidion)
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Syngnathidae

straight-nosed pipefish

Nerophis ophidion

Pipefish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

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
Body shape
anguilliform
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