Barcheek pipefish

Barcheek pipefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Syngnathus
Species: S. exilis
Binomial name
Syngnathus exilis
(R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Siphostoma exile R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916

Barcheek pipefish, Syngnathus exilis, is a species of the pipefishes. Widespread in the Eastern Pacific from the Half Moon Bay in central California, USA, to south central Baja California and Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 25 cm length.

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