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Black Sea pelagic pipefish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Syngnathidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Syngnathiformes

Subfamily
  
Syngnathinae

Similar
  
Narrow‑snouted pipefish, Darkflank pipefish, Flatsnout goby, Chain pipefish

Black-Sea pelagic pipefish, Syngnathus schmidti is a pipefish species that inhabits the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. A freshwater/brackishwater fish, it can grow up to 11 centimetres (4.3 in) long and usually lives at a depth of 1 to 10 metres (3.3 to 32.8 ft), although it can live as deep as 100 metres (330 ft).

References

Black-Sea pelagic pipefish Wikipedia