About Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835)
The worm pipefish, with the scientific name Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835), is a pipefish species that belongs to the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic, along European coasts stretching from southern Norway, Kattegat, and the British Islands to Río de Oro in Western Sahara. This fish can reach a maximum length of 15 cm. It lives in rocky coastal areas that contain macrophytes, at depths of up to 30 meters. Its diet consists primarily of harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods. Like other pipefish, this species has reversed sex roles: females court males, and males then brood the developing young.
