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Spiny pipehorse (Solegnathus spinosissimus)
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Spiny pipehorse (Solegnathus spinosissimus) specimen
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Syngnathidae

Spiny pipehorse

Solegnathus spinosissimus

Pipefish beneath New Zealand Waters

  • Temperate
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Spiny pipehorse is known around Southwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 49 cm.

Maximum length
49 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ).
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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