Virtual Travel-Meet a Pipefish
This Pipefish was seen at Busch Gardens dive site at Little Cayman, BWI. This one was about 5 centimeters (2 inches) long. When diving in shallow, sandy-bottomed areas look for little pieces of brown branches with eyes! floating on the currents and you are probably seeing a pipefish or pipehorse.
Pipefish look like straight-bodied seahorses with tiny mouths. The name is derived from the peculiar form of the snout, which is like a long tube, ending in a narrow and small mouth which opens upwards and is toothless.
The body and tail are long, thin, and snake-like. Many are very weak swimmers in open water, moving slowly by means of rapid movements of the dorsal fin. Some species of pipefish have prehensile tails, as in seahorses.
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Nancy Nutile-McMenemy is an Upper Valley freelance photographer and writer who loves to attend concerts and local events in and around Weathersfield and the Upper Valley.
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