flat-nosed pipefish
Coelonotus argulus
- Water temperature26–28 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and February
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- flat-nosed pipefish
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Syngnathe des Marquises
- Japanese
- Hoshiissen-yoji, ホシイッセンヨウジ
Other scientific names: Coelonotus biocellatus, Coelonotus platyrhynchus, Microphis argulus, Syngnathus argulus, Syngnathus platyrhynchus
Similar species
Banded PipefishCorythoichthys flavofasciatus
Bloodspot PipefishCorythoichthys haematopterus
Banded pipefishCorythoichthys intestinalis
Bluestripe pipefishDoryrhamphus excisus
Banded PipefishDunckerocampus dactyliophorus
banded pipefishFilicampus tigris
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 6 open-data records from 1934 to 2000.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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