Baldwin's Pipefish
Dunckerocampus baldwini
- Usual depth6–49 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The redstripe pipefish is a fish from the genus Dunckerocampus.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Dunckerocampus baldwini”, 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: 8 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–49 m · Deepest record: 49 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Baldwin's Pipefish, Redstripe Pipefish
Other scientific names: Doryrhamphus baldwini
Similar species
Banded PipefishDunckerocampus dactyliophorus
Broad-banded PipefishDunckerocampus boylei
Multibar pipefishDunckerocampus multiannulatus
Orange-banded PipefishDunckerocampus pessuliferus
- banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus chapmani
Banded PipefishCorythoichthys flavofasciatus
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).
- 22 open-data records from 1969 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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