#2250 · 🐟 fish

Broadnosed Pipefish

🇳🇱 Trompetterzeenaald ·Syngnathus typhle

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Stergios Vasilis · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Petr Kouba · CC BY 4.0
4. © Rita Jansen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Evita K · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Praia de Faro, Faro, Portugal:© jmneiva · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. North Aegean, Aegean, GR:© Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sithonia 630 78, Greece:© Evita K · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ireland:© Clara Alvarez Alonso · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Broadnosed pipefish ( Syngnathus typhle ) is a fish of the family Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefishes). It is native to the Eastern Atlantic from Vardø in Norway, Baltic Sea (north to the Gulf of Finland) and the British Isles at North to Morocco at South. Also in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It is common in the coastal shallow waters, usually on reefs with seagrasses. This species is notable for its "broad" snout, which...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,043iNaturalist 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.
1,043 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).