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Syngnathidae
Straightstick pipefish
Trachyrhamphus longirostris
Forty Centimeters Pipefish from the Red Sea
Trachyrhamphus longirostris, also known as the long-head pipefish or straightstick pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae. They can be found in muddy estuaries on the continental shelf throughout the Indo-Pacific from Eastern Africa to the Solomon Islands and Japan. The diet of Trachyrhamphus longirostris likely consists of small crustaceans.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Trachyrhamphus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and western Indian Ocean eastward to Japan and eastern Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

