Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Doryrhamphus excisus
Pez pipa chica, pez pipa chica, Bluestripe pipefish, fantail pipefish
Shades of brown to black body, and trumpet-like mouth. Lengths to 69 mm.
Habitat: Shallow waters, usually in pairs among the corals and seaweeds, rarely moving fare from shelter.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Syngnathiformes
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Doryrhamphus
Species
excisus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Doryrhamhus melanopleura (Bleeker) (Spelling variation of Doryrhamphus melanopleura), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Indo-Pacific; in the eastern Pacific from Baja California and the nothern Gulf of California to Ecuador including Galapagos; also Clipperton and Cocos. All the offshore islands
- 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.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
- 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, Doryrhamphus excisus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7659. Accessed 31 October 2026.