Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Syngnathiformes > Family Syngnathidae > Subfamily Syngnathinae > Genus Nerophis

Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nerophis*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): liten havnål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Морско шило sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: serpeta

Danish: stor næbsnog sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: straight-nosed pipefish sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Straight-nosed Pipefish sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: orratz muturzuzen

Finnish: siloneula

French: nérophys ophidion sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: kleine Schlangennadel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Νεροφίδιο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pesce ago sottile

Norwegian: liten havnål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: liten havnål

Norwegian Nynorsk: liten havnål

Nynorsk (Norwegian): liten havnål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wężynka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Морская игла змеевидная sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Swedish: mindre havsnål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морська голка змієвидна sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Welsh: pibell fôr drwynsyth

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Nerophis ophidion. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127385