Waite's pipefish

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Waite's pipefish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Corythoichthys
Species:
C. waitei
Binomial name
Corythoichthys waitei
Jordan & Seale, 1906

Waite's pipefish (Corythoichthys waitei) is a species of Indo-Pacific pipefish from the family Syngnathidae which is found from the Philippines east to Samoa, south to Papua New Guinea. [1] It was previously considered to be a synonym of Corythoichthys intestinalis but is now considered to be a valid species by many authorities. [2]

Etymology

The specific name honours the English ichthyologist Edgar Ravenswood Waite (1866-1928). [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ William Eschmeyer, ed. (30 April 2018). "Species that contain: Corythoichthys and waitei". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Corythoichthys intestinalis". FishBase . February 2018 version.
  3. ↑ Jordan, D. S.; A. Seale (1906). "The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries". 25: 173–455. Retrieved 27 May 2018.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families AULOSTOMIDAE, CENTRISCIDAE, FISTULARIIDAE, SOLENOSTOMIDAE and SYNGNATHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 October 2025.


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