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The spiny pipehorse (''Solegnathus spinosissimus'') is a pipefish of the 
Fishes of Australia : ''Solegnathus spinosissimus''
Solegnathus Fauna of New South Wales Fish of Victoria (state) Marine fish of Tasmania Marine fish of New Zealand Fish described in 1870 Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Syngnathiformes-stub
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Syngnathidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
on rocky or coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...
reefs to depths of . Length is up to .
References
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)External links
Fishes of Australia : ''Solegnathus spinosissimus''
Solegnathus Fauna of New South Wales Fish of Victoria (state) Marine fish of Tasmania Marine fish of New Zealand Fish described in 1870 Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Syngnathiformes-stub