black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Synonyms: None.
Syngnatus tenuirostris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Engl: Horse pipefish; Russ: Tonkorylaya ryba-igla; Turk: Deniz
ignesi.
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES
Family SYNGNATHIDAE
Taxonomic description. Pipefish with thin, elongated, body. A distinctive high,
compressed nose, with a straight profile, and an almost vertically cut mouth at its
extremity. Colour from brown to greenish-brown.
IUCN Status
World level:
Black Sea Regional level:
Subregion level: LR
Distribution, Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. Infralittoral zone of
the sea, mostly among macroalgae. Near macroalgal communities, close to Zostera.
Threats: pollution, oil spills, coastal fisheries, gill nets, eutrophication.
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