Spotted pipefish

Spotted pipefish
Spotted pipefish
Nerophis maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Nerophis
Species: N. maculatus
Binomial name
Nerophis maculatus
Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
  • Nerophis annulatus (Risso, 1827)
  • Scyphius annulatus Risso, 1827
  • Syngnathus fasciatus Risso, 1810
  • Syngnathus papacinus Risso, 1810

Spotted pipefish, Nerophis maculatus, is a species of Pipefishes, found in the Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Azores, Mediterranean Sea, especially numerous in its western part and the Adriatic Sea. Ovoviviparous, marine subtropical coastal fish up to 15 cm maximal length. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 m.

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