Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Shortfin Pipefish
Cosmocampus elucens
Shortfin Pipefish
Category: Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Cosmocampus elucens
Size: 3 to 5 in. (7.5 to 13 cm)  
Depth: 5-1000 ft. (2-305 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Syngnathiformes (Order)
      └Syngnathidae (Family)
       └Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
        └Cosmocampus (Genus)
         └C. elucens (Species)

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