#2233 · 🐟 fish

Worm Pipefish

🇳🇱 Kleine wormzeenaald ·Nerophis lumbriciformis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Guy Heath · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Frederico Almada · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © John Hepburn · CC BY 4.0
6. Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, FR:© Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 85220 Landevieille, Frankreich:© Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
8. Tunnel Beach rockpools, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK:© Michiel Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Pontevedra, ES-GA, ES:© jonatan_antunez · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. España:© Javier Sánchez Álvarez · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The worm pipefish ( Nerophis lumbriciformis ) is a species of pipefish (of the family Syngnathidae), found in the North-eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Europe from the southern Norway, Kattegat and British Islands to Río de Oro in Western Sahara. The fish has a length of up to 15 cm. It inhabits rocky coastal areas with macrophytes at depths to 30 m.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,650iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,650 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Leonard Jenyns in 1835 (191 years ago).