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This is a Shortfin Pipefish.
If you are thinking they look like a straight-bodied seahorse.... you would be right
They share many characteristics with their seahorse relatives.... including leaving most of the conception and parenting duties to the male.
Their name is derived from the peculiar form of the snout.... which is like a long tube, ending in a narrow and small mouth.
That mouth opens upward and are toothless.
Pipefish are secretive and adept at camouflage.... so they are rarely observed by divers.
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