Reticulate Pipefish (species: Corythoichthys conspicillatus) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Acanthopterygii > Gasterosteiformes > Syngnathoidei > Syngnathidae > Syngnathinae > Corythoichthys > Corythoichthys conspicillatus (gallery)
Corythoichthys conspicillatus
Reticulate Pipefish


©Graham Edgar: Enlarged view of head of Corythoichthys conspicillatus in Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

©Graham Edgar: Corythoichthys conspicillatus in Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: One of a pair of Corythoichthys conspicillatus at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Gasterosteiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Corythoichthys
Species Corythoichthys conspicillatus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 18 cm (Length according to Kuiter (2000).)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

  • Animalia: species: Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
    occurs in the Red Sea but the name has been used, apparently incorrectly, for GBR specimens (Kuiter, 2000). ALA (accessed 7 Feb 2021) lists two records of the species at Lizard Island collected in 1975.

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Kuiter, R.H. (2000). Seahorses, pipefishes and their relatives: a comprehensive guide to the Syngnathiformes TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK. LIRS catalog number 90163.

Other references

  • Depczynski, M. (2006). Small cryptic fishes on coral reefs: a new perspective on reef fish ecology and life histories, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1070.
  • Depczynski, M. and D.R. Bellwood (2005). Wave energy and spatial variability in community structure of small cryptic coral reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 303: 283-293. LIRS catalog number 932.