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Like seahorses, the male incubates the eggs in a brood pouch on its stomach.
This strange-looking fish measures up to 35cm long and has an elongated body and a long and laterally flattened snout. It is brownish or greenish-brown with lighter marks or bands. It preys on small crustaceans, fish eggs and fry. It lives in Posidonia and zostera seagrass from the surface down to 20m and likes brackish water. It is found all over the Mediterranean including in the Black Sea, and also in the Atlantic from Norway to South Africa.
Phylum: Vertebrates
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Scientific name: Syngnathus typhle
French: Siphonostome
Spanish: Aguja mula
Italian: Pesce ago cavallino
German: Pfeifenfisch