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Snake Pipefish

Entelurus aequoreus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 412, February 304, March 477, April 750, May 1,081, June 1,179, July 1,262, August 1,085, September 797, October 595, November 325, December 254.
United States8,521
Alaska8,521
United Kingdom12
Norway9
Nordland6
England5
Sweden4
Scotland3
Västra Götalands län3
Northern Ireland2

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPipefishes and Allies · Syngnathiformes
FamilyPipefishes, Seahorses, and Seadragons · Syngnathidae
GenusEntelurus

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