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Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 29; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4. Superior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous; inferior trunk ridge ending on anal ring; lateral trunk ridge continuous with inferior tail ridge; body rings 17-19; tail rings 13-17. Also Ref. 4281.

Common Names

  • Bloustreepte-pypvis , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Blåstribet tangnål , Danish , Denmark
  • Black-sided pipefish , English , Australia
  • Black-sided pipefish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Bluestripe pipefish , English , Australia
  • Bluestripe pipefish , English , Christmas I.
  • Bluestripe pipefish , English , Micronesia
  • Bluestripe pipefish , English , South Africa
  • Bluestripe pipefish , English , Hawaii
  • Bluestripe pipefish , English , Global
  • Fantail pipefish , English , Mexico
  • Fantail pipefish , English , Hawaii
  • Pacific blue-stripe pipefish , English , Australia
  • Pacific blue-stripe pipefish , English , Indonesia
  • Pacific bluestripe pipefish , English , New Caledonia
  • Sinijuovaneula , Finnish , Finland
  • Tulipyrstöneula , Finnish , Finland
  • Hibashi-yôji , Japanese , Japan
  • Te kekerikaki , Kiribati (Gilbertese) , Kiribati
  • 矛吻海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 矛吻海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 紅海矛吻海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 红海矛吻海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 蓝带矛吻海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 藍帶矛吻海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑腹海龍 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 黑腹海龙 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pez pipa chico , Spanish , Mexico
  • Piz pipa chica , Spanish , Galapagos Is.
  • Tia'i pape , Tahitian , Tahiti
  • Tiai pape , Tahitian , Tahiti
  • Dagum-dagum , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Syngnathiformes

    Family: Syngnathidae

    Genus: Doryrhamphus

    Species: Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • 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).

    • Biology

    Uncommon, cryptic species (Ref. 5227), prefers crevices in rocks and corals and areas beneath ledges (Ref. 28023). Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 45 m or more (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Often seen in pairs. Uses its tubelike snout to ingest small crustaceans and plankton (Ref. 28023). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless