#2087 · 🐟 fish
Greater Pipefish
🇳🇱 Grote zeenaald ·Syngnathus acus
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what is it?
The greater pipefish ( Syngnathus acus ) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is a seawater fish and the type species of the genus Syngnathus .
base stats
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
- Spotted 99 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #15 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 959 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Greater Pipefish
- Nederlands
- Grote zeenaald
- scientific name
- Syngnathus acus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Syngnathidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 99
- sightings in Europe
- 648
- sightings worldwide
- 959
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,533
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Syngnathidae
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LC 👀 8 in NL
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NT 👀 2 in NL
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#2356 📷 8Bigbelly Seahorse
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#2233 📷 10Worm Pipefish
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#2250 📷 10Broadnosed Pipefish
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118624, Wikidata Q1144324, GBIF 2332927, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.