Deep-bodied pipefish

Deep-bodied pipefish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Leptonotus
Species: L. blainvilleanus
Binomial name
Leptonotus blainvilleanus
(Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)

The deep-bodied pipefish, Leptonotus blainvilleanus, is a pipefish in the family Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefishes). These benthic fishes are found in estuaries and coastal waters of South America, from southern Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean to southern Chile in the Pacific Ocean.

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