APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library

Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 - Greater pipefish or Greater sea adder

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Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- lateral view head and snout of juvenile specimen 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- lateral view head and snout of juvenile specimen 2

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- lateral view head and snout of juvenile specimen 3

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- dorsal view head and snout of juvenile specimen 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- lateral view tail of juvenile 1

Specimen above was found swimming around a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 21.05.18.

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head / snout 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- swimming amongst weed 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- swimming amongst weed 2

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- underside / belly / abstract 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head 2

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head 3

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head 4

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head 5

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head 6

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- tail 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- tail 2

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- underwater 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- dorsal fin 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- head underside 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- out of water 1

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- underwater 2

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- out of water 2

Greater pipefish
Syngnathus acus
- underside / out of water 1

Images taken on the lowershore west of Long Rock, Penzance. 06.05.12; also of stranded fish at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall. 15.06.10 and 25.05.09.

Scientific and European Names:
Syngnathus acus, Greater pipefish, Greater sea adder, Grote zeenaald, Grosse Seenadel, Syngnathe aiguille.

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The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.