Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Robust Ghost Pipefish
Solenostomus cyanopterus
Robust Ghost Pipefish
Category: Ghost Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Solenostomus cyanopterus
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 12-70 ft. (4-21 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Australia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Solenostomidae (Family) Ghost Pipefishes
      └Solenostomus (Genus)
       └S. cyanopterus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217977🔗
iNaturalist ID: 143046🔗

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