Worm pipefish

The worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis) is a species of pipefish (of the family Syngnathidae), found in the North-eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Europe from the southern Norway, Kattegat and British Islands to Río de Oro in Western Sahara. The fish has a length of up to 15 cm. It inhabits rocky coastal areas with macrophytes at depths to 30 m.

Worm pipefish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Nerophis
Species:	N. lumbriciformis
Binomial name
Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835)
Synonyms[2]
Syngnathus lumbriciformis Jenyns, 1835

The worm pipefish feeds primarily on Harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods^[3]

Like other pipefish, this species is sex role-reversed, with females courting males whom subsequently brood the young.^[4]

Naturalist drawing.