Black-Sea pelagic pipefish
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Black-Sea pelagic pipefish, Syngnathus schmidti is a pipefish
species that inhabits the Black Sea
and Sea of Azov
. A freshwater
/brackishwater fish, it can grow up to 11 cm in length, and usually lives at a depth 1-10 m, although it can live as deep as 100 m.
Pipefish
Pipefishes or pipe-fishes are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses, form the family Syngnathidae.-Anatomy:...
species that inhabits the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
and Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov , known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis, is a sea on the south of Eastern Europe. It is linked by the narrow Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south and is bounded on the north by Ukraine mainland, on the east by Russia, and on the west by the Ukraine's Crimean...
. A freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
/brackishwater fish, it can grow up to 11 cm in length, and usually lives at a depth 1-10 m, although it can live as deep as 100 m.