Biology:Spotted pipefish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Nerophis |
| Species: | N. maculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810
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The 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 centimetres (5.9 in) maximal length. It is inhabits rocky sites of coast, also in aquatic plants and algae, at depth up to 50 metres (160 ft).[2]
References
- ↑ Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Nerophis maculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T198763A80250985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T198763A80250985.en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Nerophis maculatus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2315970 entry
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