Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae Pipefishes and seahorses
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Doryrhamphus

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
                                                          Specify a country:
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

9 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Randall & Earle, 1994

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Doryrhamphus aurolineatus
[]

Photo by Bourjon, P.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981

Photo by Bourjon, P.
 
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus
[Narrowstripe pipefish]

Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.3 cm SL
Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus Dawson, 1981

Photo by Field, R.
 
Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific and Eastern
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Doryrhamphus excisus excisus
[Bluestripe pipefish]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
 
Doryrhamphus excisus paulus
[]

Photo by Thuaibah Tanzil, J.I.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall, 1972)

Photo by Thuaibah Tanzil, J.I.
 
Doryrhamphus janssi
[Janss' pipefish]

Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Doryrhamphus japonicus Araga & Yoshino, 1975

Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.
 
Doryrhamphus japonicus
[Honshu pipefish]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 6.2 cm SL
 
Doryrhamphus malus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.7 cm SL
 
Doryrhamphus negrosensis
[Negros pipefish]
9 Species of Family Syngnathidae with Genus Doryrhamphus
(Pipefishes and seahorses)
Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1994 Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Western Indian Ocean 3.5 SL
1981 Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Narrowstripe pipefish Western Indian Ocean 8 TL
1981 Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus Western Indian Ocean 4.3 SL
1856 Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Bluestripe pipefish Indo-Pacific and Eastern 7 TL
1980 Doryrhamphus excisus paulus Eastern Central Pacific 3.9 SL
1972 Doryrhamphus janssi Janss' pipefish Western Central Pacific 14 TL
1975 Doryrhamphus japonicus Honshu pipefish Western Pacific 8.5 TL
1954 Doryrhamphus malus Western Pacific 6.2 SL
1934 Doryrhamphus negrosensis Negros pipefish Western Pacific 4.7 SL



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013