fantail pipefish

Doryrhamphus excisus

Seven Centimeters Pipefish from the Persian Gulf

Black
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Small
Tropical fish

Doryrhamphus excisus is a species of flagtail pipefish from the genus Doryrhamphus. Its common names include blue-striped pipefish and blue-and-orange cleaner pipefish. The fish is found throughout much of the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Pacific.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Doryrhamphus
Maximum length: 7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: Persian Gulf and East Africa to the west coast of the Americas. It was noted by Dawson (Ref. 5316 ) that there is a clinal increase in the number of total rings and dorsal rays for the 3 subspecies (Red Sea, D. e. abbreviatus and Eastern Pacific D. e. paulus (Ref. 86689 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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