[pahyp-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any elongated, marine and sometimes freshwater fish species of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and covered with bony plates. |
| pipe·fish (pīp'fĭsh') n. pl. pipefish or pipe·fish·es Any of various slim elongated fishes of the family Syngnathidae, living in temperate and warm seas and characterized by a tubelike snout and an external covering of bony plates. |