Worm pipefish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the worm pipefish lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nerophis lumbriciformis
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Syngnathiformes
Family	Syngnathidae

Where does the worm pipefish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the worm pipefish in 10 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the worm pipefish endangered?

The worm pipefish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the worm pipefish?

The worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis) is a ray-finned fish in the order Syngnathiformes and the family Syngnathidae, genus Nerophis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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.

The worm pipefish feeds primarily on Harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods

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

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Worm pipefish (revision 1257444155), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2069414 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).