#Pipefish

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today’s wet beast is: Pipefish

Olive’s wet beast fact: You’re probably thinking that these worm-on-a-string lookin ass creatures look like straightened seahorses. That’s bc they are part of the Syngnathidae family with Seahorses and Sea Dragons. Funky!

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

#pipefish #banded pipefish #syngnathidae #wet beast wednesday #fish #aquarium #sharks #marine biology #oceanposting #deep sea #sea creatures #ocean #sea horse #seahorse #fishblr #fishes #science #biology

[freedomofthemoon]

Have a pregnant male pipefish on this Wet Beast Wednesday. I'm not sure animals who live in water properly embody the pathetic spirit of the day, but I was soggy and frozen enough for both of us.

#sea creatures #animals #snorkelling #pipefish #creatures #nature is weird #wet beast wednesday

[amnhnyc]

No need to worry about this ghost… unless you’re a crustacean! The ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) haunts coral reefs and seaweed beds, where it feeds on organisms like small crustaceans and benthic shrimp. It can be spotted from East Africa to Australia in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. This critter’s appearance can vary depending on its locale, with possible patterns of red and yellow distributed across its translucent body.

Photo: Etienne Gosse, CC BY 2.0, flickr 

#science #nature #natural history #animals #pipefish #ghost #marine biology #halloween #fact of the day #did you know #cool animals #ocean life #coral reef

[t00thpasteface]

54 common fish of texas, part 9: gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovilli), gag grouper (Mycteoperca microlepis)

#54 fish #art #orig #fish #pipefish #grouper #gag grouper

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

🐠 Daily Fish Fact: 🐠

The Ornate Ghost Pipefish, or harlequin ghost pipefish, is a false pipefish. The species' name comes from the Greek paradoxos, referring to this fish's unusual external features. Although relatively common, ornate ghost pipefish are very well-camouflaged and difficult to find. It occurs either as solitary individuals or in pairs, among floating weeds, or crinoids where the feed on mysids and small benthic shrimp.

#ornate ghost pipefish #harlequin ghost pipefish #pipefish #long boi #noodle boi #spiky #camoflauge #respect the locals #fish #fish post #ocean #ocean life #marine #marine life #marine biology #sea creature #sea life #shark blog #fish fact #daily fish fact #daily fish

[geosesarma]

Gone fishin'

Centropristis striata, Pomatomus saltatrix, Tautoga onitis, Syngnathus fuscus

-09/23, Ocean County, NJ

#fish #fishes #marine life #fishing #native fish #pipefish

[jue-jack]

i can finally post this! i was part of a 36 artist telephone game hosted by @bowelfly, and here's my part! pls check out the other artists on this post or this website

#art telephone #art #artists on tumblr #Mosasaurus #silly #eyeballs #seahorse #pipefish #fish #sealife

[cactibarber]

pipefish pride! pipefish pride!

new stickers to order here!

#marine biology #pipefish #pride art #lgbtq #sticker art #gay pride #queer pride #lesbian pride #trans pride #bi pride #artists on tumblr

[snototter]

A harlequin ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) swims by a feather star off the coast of Alor, Indonesia

by  Iain Fraser

#harlequin ghost pipefish #pipefish #sygnathids #bony fish #fish #Solenostomus paradoxus #Solenostomus #solenostomidae #Syngnathiformes #actinopterygii #chordata #crinoidea #feather star #echinodermata

[revretch]

Male pipefish have their priorities in order

#rev retches #pipefish

[antiqueanimals]

Animal Camouflage: Hide-and-Seek Animals. Written by Janet McDonnell. Illustrated by Diana Magnuson. 1990.

#marine life #fish #bony fish #sargassum anglers #pipefish #flounder #crustaceans #crabs #decorator crabs #Diana Magnuson

[fish-daily]

A pipefish?

fish 69 - bluestripe pipefish

#fish daily #fish #bluestripe pipefish #pipefish #drawing

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Ribboned Pipefish (Haliichthys taeniophorus)

(Photo by Claudine Lamothe)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Indo-Pacific Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 30 cm

Diet- Plankton; Copepods

Cool Facts- Although a ribboned pipefish, also called ribboned seadragons, are more seahorse-like than pipefish-like. Masters of camouflage, ribboned pipefish spend the majority of their lives in weedy ocean plants and kelp. Their coloration ranges from green to red depending on their environment to better blend in. They are poor swimmers and are relatively stationary while feeding. Despite their carnivorous status, they pick plankton from water with their flexible snout.

Rating- 12/10 (No need for a ghillie suit.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Fish #Pipefish #Thursday #May 19 #Ribboned pipefish #Ribboned seadragon #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[pleistocene-pride]

The leafy seadragon, also known as Glauert's seadragon or simply the leafie, is is a marine fish in the family Syngnathidae, which includes seadragons, pipefish, and seahorses, and is the only living member of its genus Phycodurus. They are native to the waters of the southern and western coasts of Australia where they tend to be found in sea grass meadows, sandy areas, and kelp forests up to 150ft in depth. They live alone or in pairs and feed by sucking up small crustaceans, such as amphipods and mysid shrimp, plankton, and animal larvae through its long, pipe-like snout. Sea dragons are themselves preyed upon by other fish, crustaceans and even sea anemones.  Reaching 8 to 10inches (20 -25 cms) in length, there name is derived from the appearance, with long leaf-like protrusions coming from all over the body. These protrusions are not used for propulsion; they serve only as camouflage. The leafy seadragon propels itself by means of a pectoral fin on the ridge of its neck and a dorsal fin on its back closer to the tail end. These small fins are almost completely transparent and difficult to see as they undulate minutely to move the creature sedately through the water, completing the illusion of floating seaweed. In addition leafy sea dragons can change there coloration to better match there surroundings. As with other seahorses & pipefish, the male leafy seadragon cares for the eggs. The female produces up to 250 bright pink eggs, then deposits them onto the male's brood patch with her ovipositor, a long tube. After 9 weeks, the eggs turn a bright purple and begin to hatch, leaving the male to birth the young a few at a time over a period of 24-48 hours. Once born, the young seadragon is completely independent, eating small zooplankton until large enough to hunt mysids. Under ideal conditions a leafy sea dragon will reach sexual maturity at around 2 years of age and may live up to ten years.

#leafy sea dragon #sea #dragon #seahorse #pipefish #seadragon #fish #pleistocene #pleistocene pride

[franzanth]

snoots

for PBS Eons

#fish #seahorse #pipefish

[spadefish]

More fishes!! This fish stream was a LOT of fun, holy shit. TWO of these fish are real and the rest are...... very obviously not real. In order: Windfish, Sea Angel, Stormfish, Pipefish, “fish that looks like a boot,” and Benjamin.

#my art #1k fishes #eye horror #smoking #fish #sea angel #pipefish