[3] Syngnathus scovelli is native to the region of south Florida, United States, the Atlantic Ocean, etc.

They are uniformly brown or dark olive green in color, with silvery, white vertical bars along the sides, sometimes appearing Y-shaped.

It commonly inhabits shallow, highly vegetated shoreline areas with clear, tannin-stained streams and rivers.

This cause negative effects such as nutrient loading, pollution, harmful algae blooms and habitat degeneration.

The loss of much of the seagrass Meadows in the Indian River Lagoon along with the harmful ongoing algae blooms is causing a decline in the gulf pipefish species.

Spawning can occur throughout the year, except on the northern Gulf Coast where there is a winter decline in reproductive activity.

[6] This species ranges from the Atlantic coastal regions of northern Georgia (US state), southward along the Florida coast into the Gulf of Mexico, and south to São Paulo, Brazil.

[3] Sygnathus: jaw together; scovelli: named in honor of Josiah T. Scovell, who helped collect the original specimens[6]