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Straightnose pipefish 
Straightnose pipefish Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Syngnathiformes Family: Syngnathidae Subfamily: Syngnathinae Genus: Nerophis Species: N. ophidion Binomial name Nerophis ophidion
(Linnaeus, 1758)Synonyms - Schyphius littoralis Risso, 1827
- Scyphicus teres Rathke, 1837
- Scyphius violaceus Risso, 1827
- Syngnathus ophidion Linnaeus, 1758
- Nerophis teres (Rathke, 1837)
Straightnose pipefish (Nerophis ophidion) is a brackish water species of Pipefishes[1].
Found in the North-eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Europe from the southern Norway to Morocco, also in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Black Seas. It is inhabits sandy bottoms, also in foulings, at depth from 2–15 m.
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Categories:- Nerophis
- Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Fish of the North Sea
- Fish of the Black Sea
- Fish of the Baltic Sea
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Fish of Europe
- Fish of Ukraine
- Fish of Africa
- Animals described in 1758
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