Spotted pipefish
| Spotted pipefish | |
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| Nerophis maculatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Nerophis |
| Species: | N. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810 | |
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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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