Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Brown-Banded Pipefish
Corythoichthys amplexus
Brown-Banded Pipefish
Category: Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Corythoichthys amplexus
Size: Up to 3 in. (8 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Syngnathidae (Family) Seahorses and Pipefishes
      └Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
       └Corythoichthys (Genus) Pipefishes
        └C. amplexus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217996🔗
iNaturalist ID: 98543🔗

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