Bloodspot pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Corythoichthys
Where to Find
Found in 33 diving areas across 21 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 19 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 87 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 10 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 7 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 8 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 20 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 3 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 54 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 42 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 9 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 49 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 23 records