- Worm pipefish
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Worm pipefish 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)Synonyms - Syngnathus lumbriciformis Jenyns, 1835
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.
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Categories:- Nerophis
- Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Fish of the North Sea
- Fish of Europe
- British Isles coastal fauna
- Fish of Africa
- Animals described in 1835
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