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Longsnout Pipefish

Syngnathus temminckii

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) ludwig_muller, no rights reserved (CC0)

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Easily confused with

Greater PipefishSyngnathus acus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.

South Africa	41
Western Cape	38
Eastern Cape	2
KwaZulu-Natal	1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Ray-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
Order	Pipefishes and Allies · Syngnathiformes
Family	Pipefishes, Seahorses, and Seadragons · Syngnathidae
Genus	Syngnathus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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