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Syngnathidae
kelp pipefish
Syngnathus californiensis
Brood pouch plates fold inward upward
kelp pipefish is a marine fish from Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Syngnathus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Bodega Bay in northern California, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

