Gilded pipefish
Corythoichthys schultzi
- Usual depth3–21 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, August, and November
- How commonRare
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About this species
Schultz's pipefish, Corythoichthys schultzi, is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Schultz's 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: 24 records
- February: 27 records
- March: 35 records
- April: 40 records
- May: 23 records
- June: 21 records
- July: 28 records
- August: 45 records
- September: 24 records
- October: 26 records
- November: 44 records
- December: 16 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–21 m · Deepest record: 60 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Gilded pipefish, Schultz's pipefish, gilded pipefish, Guilded Pipefish, Long-snouted Pipefish, Schultz' Pipefish
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Schultz' Seenadel, Schultz's Seenadel
- French
- Poisson-pipe, Poisson-pipe annelé, Syngnathe de Schultz
- Japanese
- Kuchinagaishiyoji, Kuchinaga-ishi-yôji, クチナガイシヨウジ
- Simplified Chinese
- 史氏冠海龍, 史氏冠海龙, 史氏海龍, 海龍, 舒氏冠海龍, 舒氏冠海龙
Similar species
Banded PipefishCorythoichthys flavofasciatus
Bloodspot PipefishCorythoichthys haematopterus
Banded pipefishCorythoichthys intestinalis
Many-spotted pipefishCorythoichthys polynotatus
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).
- 237 open-data records from 1953 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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