Q. My family and I were wading with nets in the sound this fall, when we scooped up a small, snaky-looking thing in the sea grass. We thought maybe it was a baby eel, but it had a long pointed nose.

• Pipefish are skinny fish found among bay grass beds. The two species of pipefish that can be found in the Chesapeake Bay are northern pipefish and dusky pipefish. • They are believed to have few ...