Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Reeftop Pipefish
Category: Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Corythoichthys haematopterus
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 6-75 ft. (2-23 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Micronesia, Palau
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. haematopterus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217991🔗
iNaturalist ID: 136416🔗

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