kelp pipefish

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| name = Kelp pipefish

| image = Syngnathus californiensis.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author1 = Graham, C. | author2 = Pollom, R. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = Syngnathus californiensis | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2015 | page = e.T65374622A67621694 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T65374622A67621694.en | doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Syngnathus californiensis

| authority = D. H. Storer (fr), 1845

}}

The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis) is a species of pipefish. It inhabits the eastern Pacific from the Bodega Bay in northern California, United States, to southern Baja California, Mexico. It is a marine subtropical demersal fish, up to {{convert|50|cm|in}} length.{{FishBase|Syngnathus|californiensis|month= February |year= 2018}}