Pipefish

n.

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(Zool.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.

Noun

1.

pipefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates Synonyms: needlefish

Cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish, dwarf pipefish, family Syngnathidae, needlefish, sea horse, seahorse, Syngnathidae, Syngnathus hildebrandi, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan