Spotted pipefish

The 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 centimetres (5.9 in) maximal length. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 metres (160 ft).[2]

Spotted pipefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Nerophis
Species:
N. maculatus
Binomial name
Nerophis maculatus
Synonyms[2]
  • Nerophis annulatus (Risso, 1827)
  • Scyphius annulatus Risso, 1827
  • Syngnathus fasciatus Risso, 1810
  • Syngnathus papacinus Risso, 1810

References
  1. Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Nerophis maculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198763A80250985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T198763A80250985.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Nerophis maculatus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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