Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bryx veleronis
pez pipa velero, Offshore pipefish, Sailor pipefish
Size> To lengths of 49 mm. Males are sexually mature by 45 mm.
Habitat in Galapagos: Prefer beds of red algae and coral heads in shallow waters between 3-18 m, known from Floreana and Isabela.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Syngnathiformes
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Bryx
Species
veleronis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bryx veleronis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13187. Accessed 6 June 2026.