''Doryrhamphus bicarinatus'', or the narrowstripe pipefish, is a species of
flagtail pipefish
'' Doryrhamphus'' and ''Dunckerocampus'', popularly known as flagtail pipefish,Weiss, T. (2005). Flagtail Pipefish In The Home Aquarium.'' Fusedjaw are two genera of fishes in the family Syngnathidae. They are found in warm, relatively shallow wa ...
from the genus ''
Doryrhamphus'' that occurs in the Western Indian Ocean,
Sodwana Bay
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, South Africa north to
Bazaruto Island
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, Mozambique, as well as the
Maldives
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.
[ It was named by C.E. Dawson in 1981.] The fish's maximum length is approximately 8 cm. Males carry eggs in a brood pouch under the tail.
References
bicarinatus
Fish described in 1981
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