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Robust Ghost Pipefish

Solenostomus cyanopterus

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13.5049, 120.948

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Description:

Very long snout, variable colour (green to brown), it mimics a seagrass leaf in the finest details (encrusting organisms). Elongate tail, short caudal peduncle especially in the larger females. Maximum length 15 cm.

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Not found, Solenostomus cyanopterus, Robust ghost pipefish

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PublishedApril 14, 2012

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