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 11cm (04inches) long and usually lives at a depth of 1mto10mm (03feetto30feetm), although it can live as deep as 100m (300feet). The specific name honours the Danish zoologist Ernst Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933).[1]