Banded pipefish

About this species

Corythoichthys intestinalis, known commonly as the scribbled pipefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Syngnathidae. Other common names used include banded pipefish, Australian banded pipefish, Australian messmate pipefish and messmate pipefish.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Scribbled pipefish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 20 records
March: 23 records
April: 34 records
May: 35 records
June: 26 records
July: 36 records
August: 41 records
September: 42 records
October: 45 records
November: 24 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–13 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 137 records
10–20 m: 12 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 21 records
26–28 °C: 76 records
28–30 °C: 158 records

Photos

(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Banded pipefish, Australian Banded Pipefish, Australian Messmate Pipefish, Banded Messmate Pipefish, banded pipefish, Messmate Pipe-fish, Messmate Pipefish, Scribbled Pipefish, Waite's Pipe-fish, Waite's Pipefish

Names in 4 more languages

French: Hippocampe flúte, Syngnathe flûte
Japanese: Ryukyu-ishiyoji, Ryukyuishiyoji, リュウキュウイシヨウジ
Thai: ปลาจิ้มฟันจระเข้ลายด่าง
Simplified Chinese: 內冠海龍, 内冠海龙

Other scientific names: Corythiochthys intestinalis, Corythoichthys waitei, Syngnatus intestinalis

Similar species

Banded Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
Bloodspot Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Many-spotted pipefish
Corythoichthys polynotatus
Gilded pipefish
Corythoichthys schultzi
Bluestripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus excisus
Banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus 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).
356 open-data records from 1881 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.