Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Orange-Banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus pessuliferus
Orange-Banded Pipefish
Also known as: Yellowbanded Pipefish
Category: Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Dunckerocampus pessuliferus
Synonyms: Doryrhamphus pessuliferus
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 45-140 ft. (15-43 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
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
      └Nerophinae (Subfamily) Pipefishes
       └Dunckerocampus (Genus)
        └D. pessuliferus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 310946🔗
iNaturalist ID: 530966🔗

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