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Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus Ringed pipefish      
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Kingdom - Animalia - animals
   Phylum - Chordata - chordates
      Subphylum - Vertebrata - vertebrates
         Superclass - Osteichthyes - peixe ósseo
            Class - Actinopterygii - poissons à nageoires rayonnées
               Subclass - Neopterygii - neopterygians
                  Infraclass - Teleostei
                     Superorder - Acanthopterygii
                        Order - Gasterosteiformes - sticklebacks
                           Suborder - Syngnathoidei - hippocampes
                              Family - Syngnathidae - peces pipa y caballitos de mar
                                 Subfamily - Syngnathinae
                                    Genus - Doryrhamphus (Kaup, 1856)
                                       Species - Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853)

Fishbase Information (FISHBASE.ORG)

Ringed pipefish 

19.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4281)

reef-associated; marine; depth range 5 - 56 m

tropical; 33°N - 26°S

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa.

Dorsal spines(total): 0; Dorsal soft rays(total): 20-26; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 4. Usually with one dark band crossing opercle (Ref. 4281).

Inhabits tide pools, lagoons, and outer reef slopes. Found in caves and crevices. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35416).

Fishbase Credit - Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2005.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2005).