Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > 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

Species group names

*Syngnathus ophidion*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Basque: orratz muturzuzen

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

Dutch: adderzeenaald

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

Turkish: deniz ignesi 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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
additional source	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase images (Nerophis ophidion, by Svensen, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127385