narrowstripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus, or the narrowstripe pipefish, is a species of flagtail pipefish from the genus Doryrhamphus that occurs in the Western Indian Ocean, Sodwana Bay, South Africa north to Bazaruto Island, Mozambique, as well as the Maldives. It was named by C.E. Dawson in 1981. The fish's maximum length is approximately 8 cm. Males carry eggs in a brood pouch under the tail.
Wikipedia contributors, Doryrhamphus bicarinatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:52:27.060153+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981
- Name authority
- Dawson, 1981
- Common name
- narrowstripe pipefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Doryrhamphus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSyngnathiformes
- familySyngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyNerophinae Kaup, 1853
- genusDoryrhamphus Kaup, 1856
- speciesDoryrhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Doryrhamphus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall, 1972) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche, 1980 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doryrhamphus malus (Whitley, 1954) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Randall & Earle, 1994 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluestripe pipefishDoryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doryrhamphus japonicus Araga & Yoshino, 1975 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doryrhamphus negrosensis Herre, 1934 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Doryhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981 Dawson, 1981 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Dawson, C. E. (1981). Review of the Indo-Pacific pipefish genus Doryrhamphus Kaup (Pisces: Syngnathidae), with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, No. 44: 1–27. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37FPJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.