Norwegian record Broadnosed pipefish: 23 g

About Broadnosed pipefish

The broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) is a slender pipefish covered in small bony plates, with a head that recalls a seahorse. Its main field mark is the broad, deep snout, flattened from side to side and almost as deep as the body. It has a small fan-shaped tail fin. Colour is usually green or brownish with darker mottling, which makes it almost invisible among eelgrass and seaweed. Typical length is 15 to 20 cm, with a maximum of about 30 cm. It lives in shallow eelgrass meadows and kelp beds, often hanging vertically to mimic a blade of grass, and sucks in small crustaceans and fish fry through its tube-like mouth. As in seahorses, the eggs are carried by the male, in a pouch under his belly until the young are fully formed, during summer. It occurs along the whole Norwegian coast north to Vardø and in the Baltic. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).

Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia

• Habitat: Saltvann
• Best month: Juli
• Red list status: LC (2021)

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