#2139 · 🐟 fish

Lesser Pipefish

🇳🇱 Kleine zeenaald ·Syngnathus rostellatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
5. © Mette Hesselholt Henne Hansen · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 24229 Strande, Deutschland:© Bianca Bahlert · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Portugal:© Luis Silva · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Kitzeberg, 24226 Heikendorf, Deutschland:© Bianca Bahlert · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Anne Port:© Chris Isaacs · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9480 Løkken, Danmark:© Mikkel Rødvig · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The lesser pipefish or Nilsson's pipefish , Syngnathus rostellatus , is a pipefish similar to the greater pipefish, but with no crest above the head. 1 in) long. They have a light to dark green-brown colour with bar-like markings on the sides (compare the greater pipefish). Lesser pipefish are...

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 191iNaturalist 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).