Pipefishes
The pipefishes are among the closest relatives to seahorses and seadragons. Similar to those groups, these fishes have elongated snouts for capturing small prey and are extremely well-camouflaged.
The elongated body of pipefishes is thought to be an ancestral trait, with seahorses having evolved their upright position after branching off from their common pipefish-like ancestors. The horizontally-swimming pipefishes are the most diverse of the Syngnathidae family, with about 49 genera currently, and over 240 species. They are present globally everywhere but the poles, with some species even existing in brackish and fresh waters.
Learn more about pipefishes by checking out the species’ profiles below.
Marine pipefishes (Family: Syngnathidae)
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Anarchopterus criniger (Bean & Dresel, 1884) English common names: Fringed pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Anarchopterus tectus (Dawson, 1978) English common names: Insular pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Apterygocampus epinnulatus Weber, 1913 English common names: Briareum pipefish, Minute pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Bhanotia fasciolata (Duméril, 1870) English common names: Corrugated pipefish, Barbed pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Bhanotia nuda Dawson, 1978 English common names: Naked pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Bhanotia pauciradiata Allen & Kuiter, 1995 English common names: Few-rayed pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Bryx analicarens (Duncker, 1915) English common names: Pink pipefish |
Western Indian |
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Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919) English common names: American pugnose pipefish , Pugnose pipefish, Duncker's pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Bryx randalli (Herald, 1965) English common names: Ocellated pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Bryx veleronis Herald, 1940 English common names: Offshore pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Bulbonaricus brauni (Dawson & Allen, 1978) English common names: Pugheaded pipefish, Braun’s pughead pipefish , Eel pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Bulbonaricus brucei Dawson, 1984 English common names: |
Western Indian |
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Bulbonaricus davaoensis (Herald, 1953) English common names: Davao pughead pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian & Western Pacific |
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Campichthys galei (Duncker, 1909) English common names: Gale's pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Campichthys nanus Dawson, 1977 English common names: |
Western Indian |
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Campichthys tricarinatus Dawson, 1977 English common names: Three-keel pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Campichthys tryoni (Ogilby, 1890) English common names: Tyron's pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker, 1855) English common names: Short-bodied pipefish, Dotted pipefish, Pacific shortbody pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Choeroichthys cinctus Dawson, 1976 English common names: Barred shortbody pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Choeroichthys hadiatyae Allen, G.; Erdmann, M. & Hidayat, N., 2020 English common names: Renny's pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Choeroichthys latispinosus Dawson, 1978 English common names: Muiron Islands pipefish, Muiron pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther, 1870) English common names: Sculptured pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Choeroichthys smithi Dawson, 1976 English common names: Shortfin pipefish, Smith's short-bodied pipefish |
Western Indian |
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Choeroichthys suillus Whitley, 1951 English common names: Pigsnout pipefish, Barred short-bodied pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys amplexus Dawson & Randall, 1975 English common names: Brown-banded pipefish, Fijian banded pipefish, Redbanded pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys benedetto Allen & Erdmann, 2008 English common names: Benedetto's pipefish, Red-spot pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys conspicillatus (Jenyns, 1842) English common names: Reticulate pipefish, Yellowbanded pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Pacific Ocean |
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Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell, 1838) English common names: Network pipefish, Banded pipefish, Reticulated pipefish, Yellowbanded pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys haematopterus (Bleeker, 1851) English common names: Bloodspot pipefish, Dragon-faced pipefish, Messmate pipefish, Reef pipefish, Reeftop pipefish, Yellow-streaked pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys insularis Dawson, 1977 English common names: Cheeked pipefish, Red-cheeked pipefish |
Central & Western Indian |
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Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay, 1881) English common names: Banded pipefish, Australian banded pipefish, Australian messmate pipefish, Messmate pipefish, Scribbled pipefish, Waite's pipefish |
Eastern Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald, 1953 English common names: Black-breasted pipefish |
Western Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys ocellatus Herald, 1953 English common names: Ocellated pipefish, Orange-spotted pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys paxtoni Dawson, 1977 English common names: Paxton's pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys polynotatus Dawson, 1977 English common names: Many-spotted pipefish, Yellow-spotted pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys quattuordecim Yuki, Fricke & Motomura, 2025 English common names: Coral sea pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Corythoichthys schultzi Herald, 1953 English common names: Schultz's pipefish, Guilded pipefish, Long-snouted pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Cosmocampus albirostris (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Whitenose pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Cosmocampus arctus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) English common names: Snubnose pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Cosmocampus balli (Fowler, 1925) English common names: Ball's pipefish |
Central Pacific |
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Cosmocampus banneri (Herald & Randall, 1972) English common names: Banner's pipefish, Roughridge pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Cosmocampus brachycephalus (Poey, 1868) English common names: American crested pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Cosmocampus coccineus (Herald, 1940) English common names: |
Eastern Pacific |
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Cosmocampus darrosanus (Dawson & Randall, 1975) English common names: D’Arros pipefish, Whiteface pipefish |
Indian Ocean & Western Pacific |
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Cosmocampus elucens (Poey, 1868) English common names: Short-fin pipefish, Poey's pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Cosmocampus heraldi (Fritzsche, 1980) English common names: Herald's pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Cosmocampus hildebrandi (Herald, 1965) English common names: American dwarf pipefish, Dwarf pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Cosmocampus howensis (Whitley, 1948) English common names: Lord Howe pipefish |
Pacific Ocean |
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Cosmocampus investigatoris (Hora, 1926) English common names: Investigator pipefish |
Indian Ocean |
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Cosmocampus maxweberi (Whitley, 1933) English common names: Maxweber's pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Cosmocampus profundus (Herald, 1965) English common names: Deepwater pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Cosmocampus retropinnis Dawson, 1982 English common names: Back-finned pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Doryrhamphus abbreviatus Dawson, 1981 English common names: |
Western Indian |
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Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Randall & Earle, 1994 English common names: |
Western Indian |
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Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981 English common names: Narrow stripe pipefish |
Central & Western Indian |
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Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856 English common names: Bluestripe pipefish, Pacific bluestripe pipefish, Fantail pipefish, Black-sided pipefish |
Indian & Pacific Oceans |
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Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall, 1972) English common names: Janss' pipefish, Cleaner pipefish, Flame pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Doryrhamphus japonicus Araga & Yoshino, 1975 English common names: Honshu pipefish, Blacksided pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Doryrhamphus malus (Whitley, 1954) English common names: Masthead Island pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Doryrhamphus negrosensis Herre, 1934 English common names: Negros pipefish, Flagtail pipefish, Queensland flagtail pipefish, Masthead island pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche, 1980 English common names: |
Eastern Pacific |
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Dunckerocampus baldwini Herald & Randall, 1972 English common names: Redstripe pipefish, Baldwin's Pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Dunckerocampus boylei Kuiter, 1998 English common names: Broad-banded pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian & Western Pacific |
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Dunckerocampus chapmani Herald, 1953 English common names: Glowtail pipefish, New Caledonian pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853) English common names: Banded pipefish, Ringed pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Dunckerocampus multiannulatus (Regan, 1903) English common names: Many-banded pipefish, Many-bands pipefish |
Indian Ocean |
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Dunckerocampus naia Allen & Kuiter, 2004 English common names: Naia pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler, 1938 English common names: Yellowbanded pipefish, Yellowbar pipefish, Orangebanded pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus, 1758) English common names: Snake pipefish, Ocean pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic & Arctic Ocean |
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Festucalex armillatus Prokofiev, 2016 English common names: Collared pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Festucalex cinctus (Ramsay, 1882) English common names: Girdled pipefish, Orange-cheek pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Festucalex erythraeus (Gilbert, 1905) English common names: Red pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Festucalex gibbsi Dawson, 1977 English common names: Gibbs' pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Festucalex kulbickii Fricke, 2004 English common names: Kulbicki's pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Festucalex prolixus Dawson, 1984 English common names: |
Western Pacific |
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Festucalex rosa Yuki & Motomura, 2025 English common names: |
Western Indian |
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Festucalex rufus Allen & Erdmann, 2015 English common names: Pink pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Festucalex scalaris (Günther, 1870) English common names: Ladder pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Festucalex wassi Dawson, 1977 English common names: Wass' pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Filicampus tigris (Castelnau, 1879) English common names: Tiger pipefish, Tentacled pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus boothae (Whitley, 1964) English common names: Booth's pipefish |
Western Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus brocki (Herald, 1953) English common names: Brock's pipefish, Tasselled pipefish |
Eastern Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus crinitus (Jenyns, 1842) English common names: Banded pipefish, Harlequin pipefish, Insular pipefish, West Indian pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud, 1929) English common names: Duncker's pipefish, Dusky pipefish, Nose-ridge pipefish, Red-hair pipefish, Ridgenose pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus edmondsoni (Pietschmann, 1928) English common names: Edmondson's pipefish |
Central Pacific |
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Halicampus grayi Kaup, 1856 English common names: Gray's pipefish, Mud pipefish, Spiny pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus macrorhynchus Bamber, 1915 English common names: Ornate pipefish, Whiskered pipefish, Winged pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus marquesensis Dawson, 1984 English common names: Marquese pipefish |
Central Pacific |
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Halicampus mataafae (Jordan & Seale, 1906) English common names: Samoan pipefish, Brown pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus nitidus (Günther, 1873) English common names: Glittering pipefish |
Eastern Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus punctatus (Kamohara, 1952) English common names: Starry pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Halicampus spinirostris (Dawson & Allen, 1981) English common names: Spinysnout pipefish |
Eastern, Central Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Halicampus zavorensis Dawson, 1984 English common names: Zavora pipefish |
Western Indian |
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Haliichthys taeniophorus Gray, 1859 English common names: Ribboned pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Heraldia nocturna Paxton, 1975 English common names: Upside-down pipefish, Western upside-down pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Histiogamphelus briggsii McCulloch, 1914 English common names: Brigg's pipefish, Brigg's northern pipefish, Brigg's southern pipefish, Briggs' crested pipefish, Crested pipefish, Robe crested pipefish, Robe pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Histiogamphelus cristatus (Macleay 1881) English common names: Macleay's crested pipefish, Cocks-comb pipefish, Rhino pipefish, Spotted crested pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Hypselognathus horridus Dawson & Glover, 1982 English common names: Prickly pipefish, Shaggy pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Hypselognathus rostratus (Waite & Hale, 1921) English common names: Knife-snouted pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Ichthyocampus bikiniensis Herald, 1953 English common names: |
Central Pacific |
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Kaupus costatus (Waite & Hale, 1921) English common names: Deep-bodied pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Kimblaeus bassensis Dawson, 1980 English common names: Bass Strait pipefish, Trawl pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Kyonemichthys rumengani Gomon, 2007 English common names: Thread pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Leptoichthys fistularius Kaup, 1853 English common names: Brushtail pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Leptonotus blainvilleanus (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) English common names: Deep-bodied pipefish |
Western Atlantic & Eastern Pacific |
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Leptonotus elevatus (Hutton, 1872) English common names: High-body pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Leptonotus norae (Waite, 1910) English common names: Longsnout pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Leptonotus vincentae Luzzatto & Estalles, 2019 English common names: Patagonian Pipefish, Amanda's pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Lissocampus bannwarthi (Duncker, 1915) English common names: |
Western Indian |
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Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921 English common names: Australian smooth pipefish, Smooth pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Lissocampus fatiloquus (Whitley, 1943) English common names: Prophet's pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Lissocampus filum (Günther, 1870) English common names: Shortsnout pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931) English common names: Javelin pipefish, Western Australian smooth pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Maroubra perserrata Whitley, 1948 English common names: Sawtooth pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Maroubra yasudai Dawson, 1983 English common names: Orange pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker, 1858) English common names: Anderson's pipefish, Anderson's short-nosed pipefish, Shortnose pipefish, Thorn-tailed pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Micrognathus brevicorpus Fricke, 2004 English common names: Short-bodied pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Micrognathus brevirostris (Rüppell, 1838) English common names: Pygmy pipefish, Thorntail pipefish |
Eastern Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Micrognathus erugatus Herald & Dawson, 1974 English common names: Smalljaw pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Micrognathus micronotopterus (Fowler, 1938) English common names: Tidepool pipefish, White-saddled pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Micrognathus natans Dawson, 1982 English common names: Offshore pipefish |
Eastern Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Micrognathus pygmaeus Fritzsche, 1981 English common names: Thorntail pipefish, Pygmy pipefish |
Eastern, Central Indian & Pacific Ocean |
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Minyichthys brachyrhinus (Herald, 1953) English common names: |
Eastern, Central Indian & Pacific Ocean |
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Minyichthys inusitatus Dawson, 1983 English common names: West Atlantic pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Minyichthys myersi (Herald & Randall, 1972) English common names: Myers' pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Minyichthys sentus Dawson, 1982 English common names: Roughsnout dwarf pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Mitotichthys meraculus (Whitley, 1948) English common names: Western crested pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Mitotichthys mollisoni (Scott, 1955) English common names: Mollison's pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Mitotichthys semistriatus (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Half-banded pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Mitotichthys tuckeri (Scott, 1942) English common names: Tucker's pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Nannocampus elegans Smith, 1953 English common names: Elegant pipefish |
Western Indian |
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Nannocampus lindemanensis (Whitley, 1948) English common names: Painted pipefish, Lindeman Island pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Nannocampus pictus (Duncker, 1915) English common names: Reef pipefish, Painted reef pipefish |
Central, Western Indian & Western Pacific |
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Nannocampus subosseus Günther, 1870 English common names: Bony-headed pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Nannocampus weberi Duncker, 1915 English common names: Reef-flat pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835) English common names: Worm pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810 English common names: Spotted pipefish, Spotted worm pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758) English common names: Straightnose pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Notiocampus ruber (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) English common names: Red pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Penetopteryx nanus (Rosén, 1911) English common names: Lost pipefish, Finless pipefish, Worm pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Lunel, 1881 English common names: Oceanic pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Rock pipefish, Black rock pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Phoxocampus diacanthus (Schultz, 1943) English common names: Obscure pipefish, Pale-blotched pipefish, Spined pipefish |
Central, Eastern Indian, Central & Western Pacific |
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Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) English common names: Trunk-barred pipefish, Kampen’s pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Pugnaso curtirostris (Castelnau, 1872) English common names: Pug-nosed pipefish, Short-snouted pipefish, Tortoiseshell pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Siokunichthys bentuviai (Clark, 1966) English common names: Barred xenia-pipefish |
Eastern & Western Indian |
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Siokunichthys breviceps (Smith, 1963) English common names: Softcoral pipefish |
Eastern, Western Indian & Western Pacific |
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Siokunichthys herrei (Herald, 1953) English common names: Spotted xenia-pipefish, Herre's pipefish |
Central & Western Pacific |
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Siokunichthys nigrolineatus (Dawson, 1983) English common names: Mushroom-coral pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Siokunichthys southwelli (Duncker, 1910) English common names: Southwell's pipefish |
Central Indian & Western Pacific |
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Siokunichthys striatus (Fricke, 2004) English common names: New Caledonian soft-coral pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Stigmatopora argus (Richardson, 1840) English common names: Spotted pipefish, Gulf pipefish, Peacock pipefish, Ocellated pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Stigmatopora harastii (Short & Trevor-Jones, 2020) English common names: Harasti's pipefish, Red wide-bodied pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Stigmatopora macropterygia (Duméril, 1870) English common names: Long-snouted pipefish, Smooth pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Stigmatopora narinosa (Browne & Smith, 2007) English common names: Southern Gulf pipefish, Gulf pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Stigmatopora nigra (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Wide-bodied pipefish, Black pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Stipecampus cristatus (McCulloch & Waite, 1918) English common names: Ring-backed pipefish, Crested pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) English common names: Alligator pipefish, Double-ended pipefish, Painted flute mouth pipefish, Spiraltail pipefish, Horned pipefish, Twobarbel pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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Syngnathus acus (Linnaeus, 1758) English common names: Longsnout pipefish, Common pipefish, Great pipefish, Greater pipefish, Narrowsnouted pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Syngnathus auliscus (Swain, 1882) English common names: Barred pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Syngnathus californiensis (Storer, 1845) English common names: Kelp pipefish, Great pipefish, Bay pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Syngnathus caribbaeus (Dawson, 1979) English common names: Caribbean pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus carinatus (Gilbert, 1892) English common names: Cortez pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Syngnathus chihiroe (Matsunuma, 2017) English common names: Yakushima pipefish, Deepwater pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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Syngnathus dawsoni (Herald, 1969) English common names: Chain pearlfish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus floridae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) English common names: Dusky pipefish, Florida pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus folletti (Herald, 1942) English common names: Southern pipefish, Uruguayan pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus fuscus (Storer, 1839) English common names: Northern pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus insulae (Fritzsche, 1980) English common names: Guadalupe pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Syngnathus louisianae (Günther, 1870) English common names: Chain pipefish, Louisiana pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus macrobrachium (Fritzsche, 1980) English common names: Large-fin pipefish |
Eastern Pacific |
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Syngnathus macrophthalmus (Duncker, 1915) English common names: Hurghada pipefish |
Western Indian |
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Syngnathus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) English common names: Sargassum pipefish |
Western Atlantic & Eastern Pacific |
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Syngnathus phlegon (Risso, 1827) English common names: Pelagic spiny pipefish, Spiny pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Syngnathus safina (Paulus, 1992) English common names: Wreck pipefish |
Western Indian |
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Syngnathus schmidti (Popov, 1928) English common names: Black Sea pelagic pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Syngnathus springeri (Herald, 1942) English common names: Bull pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Syngnathus tenuirostris (Rathke, 1837) English common names: Narrow-snouted pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Syngnathus typhle (Linnaeus, 1758) English common names: Broadnosed pipefish, Deep-snouted pipefish, High-snouted pipefish, Snouted pipefish, Sargassum pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Syngnathus variegatus (Pallas, 1814) English common names: Thickly snouted pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker, 1857) English common names: Bentstick pipefish, Bend stick pipefish, Chocolate pipefish, Double-ended pipefish, Ringed pipefish, Short-tailed pipefish, Stick pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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T. longirostris (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Straightstick pipefish, Long-head pipefish, Longnosed pipefish, Slender pipefish |
Indian Ocean, Central & Western Pacific |
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T. serratus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) English common names: Crested pipefish, Saw pipefish, Goggle-eye pipefish |
Central, Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Urocampus nanus (Günther, 1870) English common names: Barbed pipefish |
Western Pacific |
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U. paucianulus (Araki & Motomura, 2022) English common names: |
Western Pacific |
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U. yaeyamaensis (Araki & Motomura, 2022) English common names: |
Western Pacific |
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Vanacampus margaritifer (Peters, 1868) English common names: Mother-of-pearl pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Vanacampus phillipi (Lucas, 1891) English common names: Port Phillip pipefish, Medium-snouted pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Vanacampus poecilolaemus (Peters, 1868) English common names: Australian long-nosed pipefish, Long-snouted pipefish , Longsnout pipefish , Sauvage’s pipefish |
Eastern Indian & Western Pacific |
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Vanacampus vercoi (Waite & Hale, 1921) English common names: Verco's pipefish, Flinder’s pipefish, Little pipefish |
Eastern Indian |
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Enneacampus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) English common names: African freshwater pipefish |
West Africa |
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Enneacampus kaupi (Bleeker, 1863) English common names: |
West Africa |
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Hippichthys albomaculosus Jenkins & Mailautoka, 2010 English common names: |
Dreketi River |
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Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1854) English common names: Bluespeckled pipefish, Blue-spotted pipefish, Ward's pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific & Red Sea |
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Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 English common names: Reticulated freshwater pipefish, Belly pipefish, Freshwater pipefish, Madura pipefish, Short-snouted pipefish, Small-headed pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Hippichthys parvicarinatus (Dawson, 1978) English common names: Short-keel pipefish |
Australia & Papa New Guinea |
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Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849) English common names: Beady pipefish, Black-chinned pipefish, Mangrove pipefish, Steep-nosed pipefish, Gazelle pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838) English common names: Bellybarred pipefish, Banded freshwater pipefish, Blue spotted pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Ichthyocampus carce (Hamilton, 1822) English common names: Indian freshwater pipefish, Freshwater pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855) English common names: Flat-nosed pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1853) English common names: Opposum pipefish, Short-tailed pipefish, Short-tail river pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific, Eastern Pacific, Eastern and Western Atlantic |
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Microphis brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) English common names: Shortfin pipefish, Stream pipefish, Porthole pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis cruentus Dawson & Fourmanoir, 1981 English common names: Dumbéa River pipefish |
Dumbéa River |
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Microphis dunckeri (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929) English common names: |
Myanmar |
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Microphis insularis (Hora, 1925) English common names: Andaman pipefish, Andaman freshwater pipefish |
Andaman Islands |
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Microphis kaipuae (Haÿ, Mennesson, Keith & Lord, 2022) English common names: Kaipu’s pipefish, Gavuvu River pipefish |
Gavuvu River |
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Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) English common names: Barhead pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Opposum pipefish, Opossum river pipefish |
Western Atlantic |
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Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) English common names: Manado pipefish, Manado river pipefish, Menado pipefish, Short-tailed pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856) English common names: Red pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis nicoleae Haÿ, Mennesson, Lord & Keith, 2023 English common names: |
Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands |
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Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910) English common names: Ocellated pipefish |
Sri Lanka & Indonesia |
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Microphis pleurostictus (Peters, 1868) English common names: Lake Bato pipefish |
Philippines |
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Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) English common names: Ragged-tail pipefish, Retz's pipefish, Melanesian stream pipefish |
Indo-West Pacific |
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Microphis vaillanti (Juillerat, 1880) English common names: |
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Pseudophallus brasiliensis Dawson, 1974 English common names: Freshwater pipefish |
Central & South America |
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Pseudophallus elcapitanensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914) English common names: |
Central America |
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Pseudophallus galadrielae (Dallevo-Gomes, Mattox & Toledo-Piza 2020) English common names: Lake Izabal pipefish |
Lake Izabal |
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Pseudophallus mindii (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) English common names: Fluvial pipefish, Freshwater pipefish |
Central, South America & Caribbean |
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Pseudophallus starksii (Jordan & Culver, 1895) English common names: Yellowbelly pipefish |
The Americas |
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Syngnathus abaster (Risso, 1827) English common names: Black-striped pipefish |
Mediterranean Basin |
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Syngnathus caspius (Eichwald, 1831) English common names: Caspian pipefish, Caspian Sea pipefish |
Caspian Sea basin |
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Syngnathus rostellatus (Nilsson, 1855) English common names: Nilsson's pipefish, Lesser pipefish |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Syngnathus schlegeli (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Seaweed pipefish, Pacific seaweed pipefish, Pacific pipefish |
Eastern Asia |
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Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) English common names: Gulf pipefish, American gulf pipefish |
North & South America |
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Syngnathus taenionotus (Canestrini, 1871) English common names: Darkflank pipefish, Green pipefish |
Mediterranean & Black Sea |
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Syngnathus temminckii (Kaup, 1856) English common names: Longsnout pipefish |
Southern Africa |
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Syngnathus watermeyeri (Smith, 1963) English common names: Estuarine pipefish, River pipefish |
South Africa |
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Urocampus carinirostris (Castelnau, 1872) English common names: Hairy pipefish |
Australia & Papa New Guinea |
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Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850) English common names: Long-snouted pipefish |
Southeast Asia |
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Doryichthys contiguus Kottelat, 2000 English common names: Pygmy pipefish |
Lower Mekong River Basin |
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Indonesia |
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Doryichthys martensii (Peters, 1868) English common names: Longsnouted pipefish, Martens' freshwater pipefish |
Southeast Asia |
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Microphis caudocarinatus (Weber, 1907) English common names: Slender pipefish |
Indonesia |
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Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822) English common names: Crocodile-tooth pipefish |
India & Bangladesh |
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Microphis deocata (Hamilton, 1822) English common names: Deocata pipefish |
Ganges River & Brahmaputra River |
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Microphis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852) English common names: Freshwater pipefish |
Eastern & Southern Africa |
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Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868 English common names: Philippine river pipefish |
Philippines & Japan |
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Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) English common names: Spinach pipefish |
Papua New Guinea |
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Indo-West Pacific |
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A note on ‘Data Deficient’ species: Species that are assessed as Data Deficient are deemed to have insufficient information known about them to carry out a proper conservation assessment. Although such species are not assessed as threatened, we may find out that they in fact are, once enough data is obtained.
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Image of Insular pipefish (Anarchopterus tectus) © tmenut / iNaturalist
Image of Briareum pipefish (Apterygocampus epinnulatus) © sylvain_le_bris / iNaturalist
Image of American pugnose pipefish (Bryx dunckeri) © remy_dubas / iNaturalist
Image of Pugheaded pipefish (Bulbonaricus brauni) © djscho / iNaturalist
Image of Tyron's pipefish (Campichthys tryoni) © ianbanks / iNaturalist
Image of Short-bodied pipefish (Choeroichthys brachysoma) © uwkwaj / iNaturalist
Image of Sculptured pipefish (Choeroichthys sculptus) © esarmikkonen / iNaturalist
Image of Pigsnout pipefish (Choeroichthys suillus) © glen_whisson / iNaturalist
Image of Brown-banded pipefish (Corythoichthys amplexus) © davidr / iNaturalist
Image of Benedetto's pipefish (Corythoichthys benedetto) © maractwin / iNaturalist
Image of Reticulate pipefish (Corythoichthys conspicillatus) © bridgetspencer / iNaturalist
Image of Network pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus) © coralreefdreams / iNaturalist
Image of Bloodspot pipefish (Corythoichthys haematopterus) © wild___max / iNaturalist
Image of Cheeked pipefish (Corythoichthys insularis) © shahashim / iNaturalist
Image of Banded pipefish (Corythoichthys intestinalis) © biniek-io / iNaturalist
Image of Black-breasted pipefish (Corythoichthys nigripectus) © maractwin / iNaturalist
Image of Ocellated pipefish (Corythoichthys ocellatus) © sue_churchill / iNaturalist
Image of Paxton's pipefish (Corythoichthys paxtoni) © johnsear / iNaturalist
Image of Many-spotted pipefish (Corythoichthys polynotatus) © davidr / iNaturalist
Image of Schultz's pipefish (Corythoichthys schultzi) © merec0 / iNaturalist
Image of Whitenose pipefish (Cosmocampus albirostris) © coralreefdreams / iNaturalist
Image of Snubnose pipefish (Cosmocampus arctus) © wetlens / iNaturalist
Image of Banner's pipefish (Cosmocampus banneri) © albertkang / iNaturalist
Image of American crested pipefish (Cosmocampus brachycephalus) © coralreefdreams / iNaturalist
Image of Short-fin pipefish (Cosmocampus elucens) © wetlens / iNaturalist
Image of Maxweber's pipefish (Cosmocampus maxweberi) © maractwin / iNaturalist
Image of Long-snouted pipefish (Doryichthys boaja) © martingrimm / iNaturalist
Image of Longsnouted pipefish (Doryichthys martensii) © muangpaisuetrong / iNaturalist
Image of (Doryrhamphus abbreviatus) © opisska / iNaturalist
Image of Narrow stripe pipefish (Doryrhamphus bicarinatus) © j4mesp / iNaturalist
Image of Bluestripe pipefish (Doryrhamphus excisus) © stewartclarke / iNaturalist
Image of Janss' pipefish (Doryrhamphus janssi) © lukogecko / iNaturalist
Image of Honshu pipefish (Doryrhamphus japonicus) © francoislibert / iNaturalist
Image of Redstripe pipefish (Dunckerocampus baldwini) © davidr / iNaturalist
Image of Broad-banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus boylei) © rafi1 / iNaturalist
Image of Glowtail pipefish (Dunckerocampus chapmani) © johan98800 / iNaturalist
Image of Banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus) © sue_churchill / iNaturalist
Image of Many-banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus multiannulatus) © wetlens / iNaturalist
Image of Naia pipefish (Dunckerocampus naia) © maractwin / iNaturalist
Image of Yellowbanded pipefish (Dunckerocampus pessuliferus) © sue_churchill / iNaturalist
Image of African freshwater pipefish (Enneacampus ansorgii) © hgrenier / iNaturalist
Image of Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus) © bernardpicton / iNaturalist
Image of Girdled pipefish (Festucalex cinctus) © stephencoutts / iNaturalist
Image of Kulbicki's pipefish (Festucalex kulbickii) © uwkwaj / iNaturalist
Image of Pink pipefish (Festucalex rufus) © james_birdtourasia / iNaturalist
Image of Ladder pipefish (Festucalex scalaris) © glen_whisson / iNaturalist
Image of Tiger pipefish (Filicampus tigris) © jmartincrossley / iNaturalist
Image of Booth's pipefish (Halicampus boothae) © jeyre / iNaturalist
Image of Brock's pipefish (Halicampus brocki) © maractwin / iNaturalist
Image of Banded pipefish (Halicampus crinitus) © melodie_caussat / iNaturalist
Image of Duncker's pipefish (Halicampus dunckeri) © uwkwaj / iNaturalist
Image of Edmondson's pipefish (Halicampus edmondsoni) © davidr / iNaturalist
Image of Ornate pipefish (Halicampus macrorhynchus) © wetlens / iNaturalist
Image of Samoan pipefish (Halicampus mataafae) © oceanventuresfiji / iNaturalist
Image of Glittering pipefish (Halicampus nitidus) © franca2020 / iNaturalist
Image of Ribboned pipefish (Haliichthys taeniophorus) © kjadiver / iNaturalist
Image of Upside-down pipefish (Heraldia nocturna) © eschlogl / iNaturalist
Image of Bluespeckled pipefish (Hippichthys cyanospilos) © fishtse / iNaturalist
Image of Reticulated freshwater pipefish (Hippichthys heptagonus) © josylai / iNaturalist
Image of Beady pipefish (Hippichthys penicillus) © fishtse / iNaturalist
Image of Bellybarred pipefish (Hippichthys spicifer) © dawngoebbels / iNaturalist
Image of Brigg's pipefish (Histiogamphelus briggsii) © marinejanine / iNaturalist
Image of Macleay's crested pipefish (Histiogamphelus cristatus) © davemmdave / iNaturalist
Image of Knife-snouted pipefish (Hypselognathus rostratus) © discoslug / iNaturalist
Image of Indian freshwater pipefish (I. carce) © tenebrionidfan / iNaturalist
Image of Deep-bodied pipefish (Kaupus costatus) © davemmdave / iNaturalist
Image of Thread pipefish (Kyonemichthys rumengani) © maractwin / iNaturalist
Image of Brushtail pipefish (Leptoichthys fistularius) © scubawayne / iNaturalist
Image of Deep-bodied pipefish (Leptonotus blainvilleanus) © felipe_araya / iNaturalist
Image of High-body pipefish (Leptonotus elevatus) © luca_dt / iNaturalist
Image of Longsnout pipefish (Leptonotus norae) © judyo1 / iNaturalist
Image of Patagonian Pipefish (Leptonotus vincentae) © gonzalobravo / iNaturalist
Image of Australian smooth pipefish (Lissocampus caudalis) © discoslug / iNaturalist
Image of Prophet's pipefish (Lissocampus fatiloquus) © henrycarrick / iNaturalist
Image of Shortsnout pipefish (Lissocampus filum) © mitchvandyke / iNaturalist
Image of Javelin pipefish (Lissocampus runa) © lillianclementine / iNaturalist
Image of Sawtooth pipefish (Maroubra perserrata) © kemptonmk / iNaturalist
Image of Orange pipefish (Maroubra yasudai) © sudachi / iNaturalist
Image of Anderson's pipefish (Micrognathus andersonii) © saraptor / iNaturalist
Image of Tidepool pipefish (Micrognathus micronotopterus) © glen_whisson / iNaturalist
Image of Thorntail pipefish (Micrognathus pygmaeus) © zahnerphoto / iNaturalist
Image of Flat-nosed pipefish (Microphis argulus) © Luo Tengda / FishBase
Image of Opposum pipefish (Microphis brachyurus) © remy_dubas / iNaturalist
Image of Shortfin pipefish (Microphis brevidorsalis) © rqy-yong / iNaturalist
Image of Dumbéa River pipefish (Microphis cruentus) © damienbr / iNaturalist
Image of Crocodile-tooth pipefish (Microphis cuncalus) © sajidalrafi / iNaturalist
Image of Freshwater pipefish (Microphis fluviatilis) © m_d / iNaturalist
Image of Philippine river pipefish (Microphis jagorii) © BIOTOPE AQUARIUM
Image of Barhead pipefish (Microphis leiaspis) © fishtse / iNaturalist
Image of Opposum pipefish (Microphis lineatus) © cowturtle / iNaturalist
Image of Manado pipefish (Microphis manadensis) © fishtse / iNaturalist
Image of Ocellated pipefish (Microphis ocellatus) © fishtse / iNaturalist
Image of Ragged-tail pipefish (Microphis retzii) © fachrynurmallojr / iNaturalist
Image of Roughsnout dwarf pipefish (Minyichthys sentus) © dennisthediver / iNaturalist
Image of Western crested pipefish (Mitotichthys meraculus) © henrycarrick / iNaturalist
Image of Mollison's pipefish (Mitotichthys mollisoni) © ajhg / iNaturalist
Image of Elegant pipefish (Nannocampus elegans) © tidaltao / iNaturalist
Image of Reef pipefish (Nannocampus pictus) © ewoutknoester / iNaturalist
Image of Worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis) © guyheath / iNaturalist
Image of Spotted pipefish (Nerophis maculatus) © sylvain_le_bris / iNaturalist
Image of Straightnose pipefish (Nerophis ophidion) © sacisaacs / iNaturalist
Image of Red pipefish (Notiocampus ruber) © Rudie H. Kuiter / Fishes of Australia
Image of Rock pipefish (Phoxocampus belcheri) © glen_whisson / iNaturalist
Image of Obscure pipefish (Phoxocampus diacanthus) © uwkwaj / iNaturalist
Image of Trunk-barred pipefish (Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus) © uwkwaj / iNaturalist
Image of Fluvial pipefish (Pseudophallus mindii) © beeworldly / iNaturalist
Image of Yellowbelly pipefish (Pseudophallus starksii) © criscontreras / iNaturalist
Image of Pug-nosed pipefish (Pugnaso curtirostris) © glen_whisson / iNaturalist
Image of Barred xenia-pipefish (Siokunichthys bentuviai) © sylvain_le_bris / iNaturalist
Image of Softcoral pipefish (Siokunichthys breviceps) © richis2000 / iNaturalist
Image of Spotted xenia-pipefish (Siokunichthys herrei) © albertkang / iNaturalist
Image of Mushroom-coral pipefish (Siokunichthys nigrolineatus) © anudibranchmom / iNaturalist
Image of Spotted pipefish (Stigmatopora argus) © clairebrooks1 / iNaturalist
Image of Harasti's pipefish (Stigmatopora harastii) © eschlogl / iNaturalist
Image of Long-snouted pipefish (Stigmatopora macropterygia) © sarahmilicich / iNaturalist
Image of Southern Gulf pipefish (Stigmatopora narinosa) © kevincfishes / iNaturalist
Image of Wide-bodied pipefish (Stigmatopora nigra) © divertroy / iNaturalist
Image of Ring-backed pipefish (Stipecampus cristatus) © lawrencehylton / iNaturalist
Image of Alligator pipefish (Syngnathoides biaculeatus) © coralreefdreams / iNaturalist
Image of Black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus abaster) © jjulio2000 / iNaturalist
Image of Longsnout pipefish (Syngnathus acus) © anna_e_k / iNaturalist
Image of Barred pipefish (Syngnathus auliscus) © mumblerkc / iNaturalist
Image of Kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis) © victorbach / iNaturalist
Image of Caribbean pipefish (Syngnathus caribbaeus) © lowellnoel / iNaturalist
Image of Caspian pipefish (Syngnathus caspius) © aysell / iNaturalist
Image of Dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae) © squidpastry / iNaturalist
Image of Southern pipefish (Syngnathus folletti) © ignaciocostagliola / iNaturalist
Image of Northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) © alex_shure / iNaturalist
Image of Chain pipefish (Syngnathus louisianae) © caporali / iNaturalist
Image of Large-fin pipefish (Syngnathus macrobrachium) © brandon_o_a / iNaturalist
Image of Sargassum pipefish (Syngnathus pelagicus) © johnwilliams / iNaturalist
Image of Nilsson's pipefish (Syngnathus rostellatus) © biba77 / iNaturalist
Image of Seaweed pipefish (Syngnathus schlegeli) © kusa-to-uo / iNaturalist
Image of Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) © squidpastry / iNaturalist
Image of Bull pipefish (Syngnathus springeri) © spirula / iNaturalist
Image of Darkflank pipefish (Syngnathus taenionotus) © rpillon / iNaturalist
Image of Longsnout pipefish (Syngnathus temminckii) © diveinn_capetown / iNaturalist
Image of Narrow-snouted pipefish (Syngnathus tenuirostris) © sylvain_le_bris / iNaturalist
Image of Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) © jjulio2000 / iNaturalist
Image of Thickly snouted pipefish (Syngnathus variegatus) © anastasiapedenko / iNaturalist
Image of Bentstick pipefish (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) © ajhg / iNaturalist
Image of Straightstick pipefish (T. longirostris) © zahnerphoto / iNaturalist
Image of Hairy pipefish (Urocampus carinirostris) © tom_davis / iNaturalist
Image of Barbed pipefish (Urocampus nanus) © kusa-to-uo / iNaturalist
Image of Mother-of-pearl pipefish (Vanacampus margaritifer) © meggiew / iNaturalist
Image of Port Phillip pipefish (Vanacampus phillipi) © davemmdave / iNaturalist
Image of Australian long-nosed pipefish (Vanacampus poecilolaemus) © glen_whisson / iNaturalist
Image of Verco's pipefish (Vanacampus vercoi) © davemmdave / iNaturalist
Illustration of pipefish © Yuri Katayama
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