#ghost pipefish

[herpsandbirds]

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), family Solenostomidae, order Syngnathiformes, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia

photograph by Kiyoshi Okada

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Voting ended onMay 25

Submitted for classification by @onioneyez

"Very curious about Solenostomus snuffleupagus! The hairy ghost pipefish, named after the Sesame Street character.

(photograph by David Harasti)

More photos and info at the link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.70497"

[muppet-facts]

Snuffleupagus fish 🥺

I saw!!! I plan on doing a fact about it soon! And probably later I'll discuss other organisms named after Muppets! In the meantime, here's a fact about Kermitops gratus which was named after Kermit, and Hyalinobatrachium dianae, which looks like Kermit.

[multicolouredgoose]

Gay fishh

[green-algae]

While looking for references I stumbled upon these funny guys: Ghost Pipefishes, aka False Pipefishes [genus Solenostomus]. They spend most of their time floating facedown, camouflaged, sucking up tiny prey through their snouts. Pretty epic...

[witheringinthehospital]

Just found out about ghost pipefish? Hello?? Theyre gorgeous omg

[bolaneno]

newly-discovered Solenostomus snuffleupagus / hairy ghost pipefish; native to Oceania

(image courtesy of David Harasti) 

via Discover Magazine - May 2026

[sleepyfins]

Fishtober Day 29 - Ghost Pipefish

Check out the creator! ^ [@/fishiscrazy]

To say that this is one of the weirdest looking fish that I've seen thusfar... would be a total understatement.

This is the Ghost Pipefish. Specifically, this is the Halimeda Ghost Pipefish, which usually have a green colouration to blend in with algae or coral - though they can be any colour of the coral they live near.

They float in the ocean - around 23m [75ft] deep - motionless, and use their long snouts, pointed downwards, to suck up food. They feed on tiny crustaceans and plankton, as they're only 6.5cm [2.6in] long - though other pipefish can grow up to 17cm [6.7in] long.

They aren't real pipefish but they're related to them. Alongside seahorses!