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A l'étang de Thau l'espèce présente est le syyngnathe à long museau de Méditerranée occidentale Syngnathus cf. tenuirostris
Species sheet
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Longnosed pipefish
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
AnimalsRascasses, scorpion fish, stone fish
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Western MediterraneanMediterranean - Alboran SeaEastern MediterraneanNorth-East AtlanticChannel & NorthCanary Islands
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / SnorkellingForeshore / Shoreline
Other common names
- PipefishBritish English
- Narrowsnouted pipefishBritish English
- Great(er) pipefishBritish English
- Common pipefishBritish English
- Große SeenadelGerman (Germany)
- Aguja majorEuropean Spanish
- Aguja de marEuropean Spanish
- Grand syngnatheFrench (France)
- Syngnathe communFrench (France)
- Syngnathe aiguilleFrench (France)
- (grande) aiguille de merFrench (France)
- Pesce agoItalian (Italy)
- ScurzoneItalian (Italy)
- SirpuzzaItalian (Italy)
- Grote zeenaaldDutch (Netherlands)
- WindsteurDutch (Netherlands)
- Agulhinha grandeEuropean Portuguese
Other invalid scientific names
- Syngnathus alternans
- Syngnathus brachyrhynchus
- Syngnathus delalandi
- Syngnathus rubescens
- Syngnathus temminckii
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Sources
- ZIEMSKI Frédéric, LAMARE Véronique, CHANET Bruno in : DORIS, 09/03/2025 : Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/229
- WoRMS Syngnathus acus
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 11/05/2026 : Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/568
Modification history
- Modified by Pascal COATNOAN on 10/05/2026
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