Sargassum pipefish

Sargassum pipefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Syngnathus
Species: S. pelagicus
Binomial name
Syngnathus pelagicus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Syngnathus rousseau Kaup, 1856

Sargassum pipefish (Syngnathus pelagicus) is a species of pipefishes, which found in the western Atlantic: Maine (United States), Bermuda, northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, Nova Scotia, Antilles, western Caribbean Sea from Yucatan to Colombia. Marine subtropical species, up to 18.1 cm maximal length. Habits growth of Sargassum algae.


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