greater pipefish

Syngnathus acus

Pipefish of the Western Indian Ocean

greater pipefish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Syngnathus
Maximum length: 50 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Norway, Faroes and British Isles to Western Sahara, Senegambia, and from Namibia to Cape of Good Hope and northward to the coast of Zululand in the western Indian Ocean (Ref. 4127 ). Also throughout the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black seas. Despite literature records, occurrence in the Indo-Pacific outside South African waters lacks conclusive evidence (Ref. 4281 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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