Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Delicate Ghost Pipefish
Solenostomus leptosoma
Delicate Ghost Pipefish
Category: Ghost Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Solenostomus leptosoma
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-80 ft. (3-25 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Syngnathiformes (Order)
      └Solenostomidae (Family)
       └Solenostomus (Genus)
        └S. leptosoma (Species)

Seahorses & Pipefishes
Ghost Pipefishes

Delicate Ghost Pipefish

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Male)

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Female)

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Juvenile)

Robust Ghost Pipefish



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