Duncker's pipehorse

Duncker's pipehorse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Solegnathus
Species: S. dunckeri
Binomial name
Solegnathus dunckeri
Whitley, 1927

Duncker's pipehorse (Solegnathus dunckeri) is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, and estuarine waters.

It was named in honour of Georg Duncker a German ichthyologist.

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