Syngnathus schmidti

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author = Schultz, J. | year = 2014 | title = Syngnathus schmidti | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2014 | page = e.T18258256A46263310 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18258256A46263310.en | doi-access = free }}

| genus = Syngnathus

| species = schmidti

| authority = Popov, 1927

| synonyms =

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Syngnathus schmidti, the Black Sea pelagic pipefish or Schmidt's pipefish, is a pipefish species that inhabits the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. A freshwater/brackishwater fish, it can grow up to {{convert|11|cm|in}} long and usually lives at a depth of {{convert|1|to|10|m|ft}}, although it can live as deep as {{convert|100|m|ft}}.{{FishBase|Syngnathus|schmidti|month=February|year=2018}} The specific name honours the Danish zoologist Ernst Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933).{{cite web | url = http://www.bemon.loven.gu.se/petymol.s.html | title = Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. S | accessdate = 9 June 2018 | publisher = Hans G. Hansson}}