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Pipefish

Photo by Christian9
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Field Notes

Description:

Long cylinder like, floats with head at bottom

Habitat:

Now in aquarium natural habitat unknown

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Pipefish

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Comments (2)
LauraMaria
This is a pipefish :) They're in the same family as seahorses, they're basically elongated seahorses! I don't know if I could ID it more based on this picture. What kind of aquarium was it you found it in, was it a tropical or temperate tank?
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PublishedOctober 20, 2011

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