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Longsnout pipefish (Vanacampus poecilolaemus)
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Ecological Illustration of Longsnout pipefish (Vanacampus poecilolaemus)
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Syngnathidae

Longsnout pipefish

Vanacampus poecilolaemus

Seventeen cm males brood eggs

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Longsnout pipefish is a fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. The largest recorded length is 27 cm. Its body is an eel-like body.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Pipefishes and Allies
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Vanacampus
Body shape
anguilliform
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