Messmate Pipefish;
Corythoichthys intestinalis
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 25 diving areas across 16 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 7 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 16 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 21 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 52 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 63 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 11 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 6 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 24 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 23 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records