WoRMS taxon details
Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
218002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218002)
accepted
Species
Doryhamphus excises · unaccepted
Doryhamphus excises excises Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Doryichthys californiensis (Gill, 1862) · unaccepted
Doryichthys excisus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
Doryichthys melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Doryichthys pleurotaenia Günther, 1880 · unaccepted
Doryramphus excisus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Doryrhamhus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Doryrhamphus melanopleura cooki Weed & Woods, 1953 · unaccepted
Doryrhamphus pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880) · unaccepted
Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911 · unaccepted
Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955 · unaccepted
Microphis melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880) · unaccepted
Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus Dawson, 1981 accepted as Doryrhamphus abbreviatus Dawson, 1981
- Subspecies Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
- Subspecies Doryrhamphus excisus paulus Fritzsche, 1980 accepted as Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche, 1980
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
Description Inhabits recesses of caves and crevices. Occurs on lagoon and seaward reefs in the depth range of 0 to at least 45 m (Ref....
Description Inhabits recesses of caves and crevices. Occurs on lagoon and seaward reefs in the depth range of 0 to at least 45 m (Ref. 1602). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218002 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955) Fourmanoir, P. (1955). Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. <em>Série A, Biologie Animale.</em> v. 9: 187-239. [Dated 1954 but apparently published in 1955.]. [details]
original description (of Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Kokos-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 15 (no. 2): 457-468. [details]
basis of record Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Liste complementaire des poissons du Canal de Mozambique. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 83-166 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955) Fourmanoir, P. (1955). Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. <em>Série A, Biologie Animale.</em> v. 9: 187-239. [Dated 1954 but apparently published in 1955.]. [details]
original description (of Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Kokos-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 15 (no. 2): 457-468. [details]
basis of record Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Liste complementaire des poissons du Canal de Mozambique. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 83-166 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits recesses of caves and crevices. Occurs on lagoon and seaward reefs in the depth range of 0 to at least 45 m (Ref. 1602). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fantail pipefishbluestripe pipefish | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒバシヨウジ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | pez pipa chico | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To Barcode of Life (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura cooki Weed & Woods, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys pleurotaenia Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys californiensis (Gill, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys excisus (Kaup, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryrhamphus californiensis) (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryrhamphus excisus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryrhamphus melanopleura) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys pleurotaenia Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura cooki Weed & Woods, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys excisus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys californiensis (Gill, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryramphus excisus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryhamphus excises excises Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase images (Doryrhamphus excisus, French Polynesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To Genbank (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To GenBank (63688 nucleotides; 46031 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus excisus FIN034488 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus excisus FIN034489 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 423334 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 423437 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 439558 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 439763 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microphis extensus P09812 illustration) (from synonym Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura cooki Weed & Woods, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Doryrhamphus pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys pleurotaenia Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys californiensis (Gill, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys excisus (Kaup, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryrhamphus californiensis) (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryrhamphus excisus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryrhamphus melanopleura) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys pleurotaenia Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura cooki Weed & Woods, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys excisus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys californiensis (Gill, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryramphus excisus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryhamphus excises excises Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880))
To FishBase images (Doryrhamphus excisus, French Polynesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To Genbank (from synonym Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill, 1862)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus melanopleura Bleeker, 1858)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To GenBank (63688 nucleotides; 46031 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus excisus FIN034488 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus excisus FIN034489 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 423334 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 423437 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 439558 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doryrhamphus excisus USNM 439763 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microphis extensus P09812 illustration) (from synonym Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911)
To ITIS
