Worm pipefish

The worm pipefish is a species of pipefish, 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.
[Image:Nerophis lumbriciformis.jpg|thumb|center|upright=1.3|Naturalist drawing.]