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Created 4/4/2020

Family Syngnathidae

WEST PACIFIC

Corythoichthys intestinalis



Palau


Yap

SCRIBBLED PIPEFISH

Inhabits shallow reefs as pairs.  Closely set black and yellow stripes form bars.  Attains 7 inches.  Indonesia to Samoa.  Replaced by Corythoichthys haematopterus west of Melanesia.