Dunckerocampus baldwini Herald & Randall, 1972
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
The redstripe pipefish (Dunckerocampus baldwini) is a fish from the genus Dunckerocampus.
Dunckerocampus baldwini is found in caves, rocky crevices, and the seaward slopes of coral reefs and it is an active cleaner which has been recorded cleaning small parasitic crustaceans on cave cardinal fish (Zapogon evermanni) and a moray eel (Gymnothorax sp.). It has also been reported associating with iridescent cardinalfish (Pristiapogon kallopterus) and Hawaiian squirrelfish (Sargocentron xantherythrum) It is an ovoviviparous species, in which the males brood fertilised eggs in a pouch beneath their trunk before giving live birth. The brood size can be as large as 200 embryos. They reach a maximum size of 15 centimetres (5.9 in), and males begin brooding at 10.7 centimetres (4.2 in). It has been recorded from Hawaii, and was thought to be endemic to that archipelago, it has since been recorded in West Papua and off Christmas Island but which island this refers to is uncertain, as there is an island, Kiritimati, sometimes called Christmas Island in Kiribati, as well as one in the eastern Indian Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Dunckerocampus baldwini; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:33:39.456316+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dunckerocampus baldwini Herald & Randall, 1972
- Name authority
- Herald & Randall, 1972
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Dunckerocampus
- 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
- genusDunckerocampus Whitley, 1933
- speciesDunckerocampus baldwini Herald & Randall, 1972
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dunckerocampus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dunckerocampus boylei Kuiter, 1998 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunckerocampus caulleryi (Chabanaud, 1929) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunckerocampus chapmani Herald, 1953 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| multibar pipefishDunckerocampus multiannulatus (Regan, 1903) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunckerocampus naia Allen & Kuiter, 2004 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler, 1938 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Doryrhamphus baldwini (Herald & Randall, 1972) (Herald & Randall, 1972) | 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.
- Herald, E. S., & Randall, J. E. (1972). Five new Indo-Pacific pipefishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4), 39 (11): 121–140. 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:382K4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.