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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Syngnathiformes (Order)
└Syngnathidae (Family)
└Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
└Cosmocampus (Genus)
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