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Blue-finned ghost pipefish
Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854
AnimalsGhost fish, solenostomes, etc.
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaRed Sea
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Squaretail ghost-pipefishBritish English
- Rough snout ghost pipefishBritish English
- Robust ghost pipefishBritish English
- Racek's ghost pipefishBritish English
- Leaf ghost pipefishBritish English
- Ghost pipefishBritish English
- Robuste GeisterpfeifenfischGerman (Germany)
- Seegrasgeisterfisch German (Germany)
- Seetang GeisterpfeifenfischGerman (Germany)
- Pez pipaEuropean Spanish
- Pez aguja fantasma robustoEuropean Spanish
- Poisson-fantôme robusteFrench (France)
- Poisson-fantôme rugueuxFrench (France)
- Poisson-fantôme mouchetéFrench (France)
- Pesce fantasma robustoItalian (Italy)
- Zeegras spookfluitvisDutch (Netherlands)
Other invalid scientific names
- Solenichthys paegnius
- Solenichthys raceki
- Solenostoma cyanopterus
- Solenostomatichthys bleekeri
- Solenostomus bleekerii
- Solenostomus bleekeri
- Solenostomus paeginus
- Solenostomus paegnius
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Sources
- LE BRIS Sylvain, LANZA Béatrice in : DORIS, 18/12/2012 : Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2327
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1987
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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