Definition of pipefish in English:
pipefish
nounPlural pipefishes ˈpʌɪpfɪʃˈpaɪpˌfɪʃ
A narrow elongated chiefly marine fish with segmented bony armour beneath the skin and a long tubular snout. The male typically has a brood pouch in which the eggs develop.
Syngnathus and other genera, family Syngnathidae: numerous species
Example sentencesExamples
- This approach has been successfully used in a sex-role reversed population of the broad-nosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle.
- But Madagascar isn't entirely mantas and sharks, crabs and pipefish.
- Away from the reef are scattered rocks featuring small heads of coral; a great place for seahorses and ghost pipefishes.
- Genetic analysis of the gulf pipefish showed as many as four males being simultaneously ‘pregnant’ with eggs from the same female.
- Leafy seadragons are bony fish in the family Syngnathidae which includes seahorses and pipefishes.
- Do pipefish and seahorse males have complete confidence of paternity, as might be expected given their involved parental care?