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The pipefish can be found among reefs and oceanic grass beds the world over. The name Syngnathinae hails from Ancient Greek σύν (sún), meaning “together”, and γνάθος (gnáthos), meaning “jaw”, and refers to the fused jaw that the subfamily’s species have in common. They are part of the same family […]

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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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