Author: Linnaeus, 1758
FBname: Greater pipefish
Comments: Found in coastal and estuarine waters to depths of at least 110 m (Ref. 4281); on sand, mud and rough bottoms. Common amongst algae and eel-grass (<i>Zostera</i>) (Refs. 4146, 6733, 88187). Feeds mainly on small crustaceans (Ref. 85544). It is parasitised by the monogenean <i>Gyrodactylus eyipayipi</i> on the body surface, inside the flute and male brood pouch (Ref. 124059).