Doryichthys
Doryichthys, river pipefish, is a genus of Asian freshwater pipefishes.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
Genus: | Doryichthys Kaup, 1853 |
Type species | |
Doryichthys bilinearus Kaup, 1856 | |
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Etymology
Their name is derived from the Greek dory meaning "lance" and ichthys meaning fish.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850) (Asian river pipefish)
- Doryichthys contiguus Kottelat, 2000
- Doryichthys deokhatoides (Bleeker, 1854) (Large-spots river pipefish)
- Doryichthys heterosoma (Bleeker, 1851) (Sambas river pipefish)
- Doryichthys martensii (W. K. H. Peters, 1868) (Martens' pipefish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Doryichthys in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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