pipefish

noun, plural (especially collectively) pipe·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pipe·fish·es.

1. any elongated, marine and sometimes freshwater fish species of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and covered with bony plates.

noun plural -fish or -fishes

1. any of various teleost fishes of the genera Nerophis, Syngnathus, etc, having a long tubelike snout and an elongated body covered with bony plates: family SyngnathidaeAlso called: needlefish