Spiny pipehorse

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Spiny pipehorse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Solegnathus
Species: S. spinosissimus
Binomial name
Solegnathus spinosissimus
(Günther, 1870)

The spiny pipehorse, Solegnathus spinosissimus, is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean on rocky or coral reefs to depths of 230 m. Length is up to 50 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Solegnathus maculatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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