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Greater Pipefish

Syngnathus acus

Photo by BenOlivier
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Field Notes

Description:

Greater Pipefish.
Sea Horse like head, with a body of a snake. (exoskeleton) 200mm long

Habitat:

Seaweed beds. This one was found washed up on the beach

Notes:

Is this a invertabrea?

Reference Links:

Greater pipefish

Species ID Suggestions

Greater Pipefish

Syngnathus acus

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BenOlivier
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Comments (3)
BenOlivier
Thanks Dude! It looks like a Pipefish. Now to do more reading on it
LarryGraziano
obviously because it is no longer living it would be difficult to I.D. this guy. However, check out this link: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=1770

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PublishedNovember 1, 2011

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