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Updated 9/6/2023

Family Syngnathidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

EASTERN PACIFIC

Doryrhamphus excisus

Kapoho Tidepool, Hawaii, 2 feet

 

Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia


Juvenile, Kawaihae, Hawaii

Cleaning an eel
   

BLUESTRIPE PIPEFISH

Uncommon in dark holes or under slabs at any depth.  Brown with a blue stripe and fan-shaped tail.  Hawaiian specimens are less brightly colored.  May be observed cleaning other species.  Attains 3 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Hawai'i, Mexico, and Ecuador.  Part of a species complex.