Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Meet Solenostomus snuffleupagus—otherwise called the Hairy Ghost Pipefish—named after everyone's favourite big, fuzzy Sesame Street character, Mr. Snuffleupagus. With flowing filaments, a long snout, and a shaggy silhouette, the resemblance is uncanny.

Nature really said: can you tell me how to get, how to get to the Coral Sea?

Footage courtesy of Sesame Workshop
Photography by David Harasti
Music by TripleScoop

Short, G., & Harasti, D. (2026). Solenostomus snuffleupagus sp. nov., a hairy ghost pipefish (Teleostei: Solenostomidae) from the Southwest Pacific, with an integrative comparison to S. paegnius. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–16. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70497

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