| Worm pipefish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Nerophis |
| Species: | N. lumbriciformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835) |
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Worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis) is a species of Pipefishes, found in the North-eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Europe from the southern Norway, Kattegat and British Islands to Río de Oro in Western Sahara. The fish has length up to 15 cm. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 m.