The longsnout pipefish (''Leptonotus norae'') is a

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. It has only been recorded from midwater and bottom trawls at depths of . The habitat and biology of this species are almost unknown but juveniles have been recorded in the stomachs of

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Etymology

The fish is named per Waite in 1911: “I have associated with this pretty species the name of Miss Nora Niven,” for whom the trawler ''Nora Niven'', from which the type specimen was collected, was named; Nora was the youngest daughter of James Just Niven (1856-1913) the owner of the Napier Fish Supply Company in

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, from whom Waite “received many kindnesses while in Napier”.

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longsnout pipefish Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Ovoviviparous fish Taxa named by Edgar Ravenswood Waite longsnout pipefish {{NewZealand-stub

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