needlefish
Noun
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Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws;
Abundant in coastal waters (synset 102552620)subtypes: timucu - found in warm waters of western Atlanticbelongs to: belonidae, family belonidae - ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars -
Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates (synset 101458419)
subtypes:
- dwarf pipefish, syngnathus hildebrandi - small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast
- cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish - a fish 8 inches long; found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean
- sea horse, seahorse - small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
belongs to: family syngnathidae, syngnathidae - pipefishessame as: pipefish
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