Banded Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
- Usual depth1–16 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and October
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, known commonly as the network pipefish, reticulate pipefish and yellow-banded pipefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Syngnathidae.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 24 records
- February: 41 records
- March: 44 records
- April: 52 records
- May: 51 records
- June: 24 records
- July: 57 records
- August: 62 records
- September: 55 records
- October: 77 records
- November: 46 records
- December: 41 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Photos
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Michal Honskus, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Banded Pipefish, Network Pipefish, Reticulated Pipefish, Yellowbanded Pipefish, Yellowbanded Pipefish, Network pipefish
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Netz-Seenadel
- French
- Syngnathe à lignes jaunes, Syngnathe à traits jaunes
- Japanese
- Kishimaishiyoji, Kishima-ishi-yôji, キシマイシヨウジ
- Simplified Chinese
- 带纹冠海龙, 帶紋冠海龍, 海龍, 黃帶冠海龍, 黃帶海龍, 黄带冠海龙, 黄带海龙
Other scientific names: Corithoichthys flavofasciatus, Corythiochthys flavofasciatus, Corythoichthys fasciatus, Corythoichthys flavo-fasciatus, Corythoichthys sealei, Corythoichthys serrulifer, Corythroichthys sealei, Syngnathus flavofasciatus
Similar species
Bloodspot PipefishCorythoichthys haematopterus
Banded pipefishCorythoichthys intestinalis
Many-spotted pipefishCorythoichthys polynotatus
Gilded pipefishCorythoichthys schultzi
Bluestripe pipefishDoryrhamphus excisus
Banded PipefishDunckerocampus dactyliophorus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 554 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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