Chocolate pipefish - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Chocolate pipefish, Syngnathus euchrous, is a species of the pipefish

Pipefish

Pipefishes or pipe-fishes are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses, form the family Syngnathidae.-Anatomy:...

es. Widespread in the Eastern Pacific from Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach, California

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in southern California

Southern California

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, USA, to central Baja California

Baja California

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, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. Marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

subtropical demersal fish, up to 25 cm length.

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