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fringed pipefish (Anarchopterus criniger)
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Syngnathidae

fringed pipefish

Anarchopterus criniger

Males brood eggs in seagrass mudflats

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

fringed pipefish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 10 cm.

Maximum length
10 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent from west of Mississippi Delta and in Caribbean (Ref. 26938 )
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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