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Seaweed pipefish

Syngnathus leptorhynchus

Photo by The MnMs
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38.7091, 13.1931

Field Notes

Description:

Yellow pipe fish. Snout is rather thin. Related to sea horses.

Habitat:

Found in Posidonia sea beds.

Notes:

I am not sure of the species. By pictures in the Internet it looks like leptorhynchus but it may be a different sp.

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Categoría:Syngnathus

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Comments (6)
eulalia rubio
Gracias, Marta, lo planificaré para el próximo verano.
The MnMs
Ahi me lo encontre metidito en un buceo nocturno. Ustica es una isla magnifica para bucear, muy cerca de Sicilia, te la recomiendo :-)

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