This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The robust ghost pipefish, aka robust-snouted ghost pipefish, blue-finned ghost pipefish, Racek’s ghost pipefish, or squaretail ghost-pipefish, is actually a species of false pipefish belonging to the family Solenostomidae. Even though they face the threats of habitat loss and destruction, overfishing, and possible over collection for the exotic pet trade, […]

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