Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae Pipefishes and seahorses
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Urocampus

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau, 1872

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Urocampus carinirostris
[Hairy pipefish]
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Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
 
Urocampus nanus
[Barbed pipefish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Urocampus carinirostris Hairy pipefish Western Pacific 10 SL 1872
Urocampus nanus Barbed pipefish Northwest Pacific 13.4 SL 1870



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