Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Delicate Ghost Pipefish
Solenostomus leptosoma
Delicate Ghost Pipefish
Category: Ghost Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Solenostomus leptosoma
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-80 ft. (3-25 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Solenostomidae (Family)
      └Solenostomus (Genus)

Seahorses & Pipefishes
Ghost Pipefishes

Delicate Ghost Pipefish

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Male)

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Female)

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Juvenile)

Robust Ghost Pipefish



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