Species: Syngnathus springeri, Bull pipefish

Syngnathus springeri Herald, 1942

Bull pipefish

Snout long (50-59% of head) and slender (depth 9-24% of length); a narrow bar of bone in front of eye; no ridge above operculum, or along side of snout; ridges along top of snout and head low; opercular ridge, only on front 1/3 of opercle in adults; body and tail slender; dorsal fin  32-38, fin origin on trunk, well before anus; anal fin 2-4; pectoral fin 12-14; no pelvic fins; tail fin 10; ridge along center of belly often prominent; principal body ridges smooth or minutely toothed in adults; ridge along side of body ends under dorsal fin, not joining that along side of tail; upper ridge of body discontinuous with that of tail just behind dorsal fin; ridges along bottom of body and tail joined; trunk rings 22-24; tail rings 34-37; no skin flaps; brood pouch under tail, its plates folded inwards.