Schultz's pipefish

Schultz's pipefish
Schultz's pipefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Corythoichthys
Species: C. schultzi
Binomial name
Corythoichthys schultzi
Herald, 1953

Schultz's pipefish, Corythoichthys schultzi, is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae, found throughout the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths of between 2 and 30 m. Its length is up to 16 cm.

Ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Corythoichthys schultzi" in FishBase. September 2007 version.
  • Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Paul Humann & Ned Deloach Reef Fish Identification Tropical Pacific, (New World Publications Inc, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 2003) ISBN 1-878348-36-1