Dusky pipefish
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Dusky pipefish 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 western Atlantic from the Bermuda
Bermuda
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, Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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 (USA), northern part of the Gulf of Mexico
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, Bahama, and the western Caribbean Sea
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 to Panama
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 in south. Marine
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 subtropical demersal fish, which lives at the depth up to 22 m, usually up to 4 m. The maximal length of the fish is 25.0 cm.

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