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Spotted pipefish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Syngnathidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Syngnathiformes

Subfamily
  
Syngnathinae

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Similar
  
Corythoichthys ocellatus, Narrow‑snouted pipefish, Nerophis, Straightnose pipefish, Corythoichthys

Spotted pipefish, Nerophis maculatus, is a species of Pipefishes, found in the Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Azores, Mediterranean Sea, especially numerous in its western part and the Adriatic Sea. Ovoviviparous, marine subtropical coastal fish up to 15 cm maximal length. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 m.

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Spotted pipefish Wikipedia