Sway © 2009, oil on canvas 75 x 92 cm
Habitat marked for the Baltic Sea only
Broad Nosed Pipe Fish
Family Syngnathidae
Description
A long body covered with bone plates instead of scale and lines of dots along the sides. No abdominal fins. The nose is flat and pipe like similar to that of sea horses, whom they are related to.
Color
Brown/green/yellow
Average size
About 18 cm / 0,20 kg
Age
At least 3 years old
Record size
35 cm / 0,30 kg
Habitat
The Broad Nosed Pipefish usually pose vertically in seaweed rich areas close to the coast and on depths of 1-20 meters. This offers a perfect camouflage as they sway with the water movement, positioned in the seaweed.
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Family Syngnathidae
Description
A long body covered with bone plates instead of scale and lines of dots along the sides. No abdominal fins. The nose is flat and pipe like similar to that of sea horses, whom they are related to.
Color
Brown/green/yellow
Average size
About 18 cm / 0,20 kg
Age
At least 3 years old
Record size
35 cm / 0,30 kg
Habitat
The Broad Nosed Pipefish usually pose vertically in seaweed rich areas close to the coast and on depths of 1-20 meters. This offers a perfect camouflage as they sway with the water movement, positioned in the seaweed.
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Latin = Syngnathus typhle
Species' local name
 English:Broad Nosed Pipe Fish |
 Svenska:Tångsnälla |
 Suomi:Särmäneula |
 По-русски: высокорылая игла |
 Esti:Merinõel |
 Lietuviškai:Didžioji adatžuvė |
 Latviešu:Gardeguna adatzivs |
 Polski:Iglicznia |
 German:Seenadel |
 Dansk:Almindelig tangnål |