Pipefish and Others...Need ID

Still trying to figure out old IDs...

Corythoichthys intestinalis or Corythoichthys flavofasciatus?

Blenny sp...

I'm inclined to think Filamentous Blenny Cirripectes filamentosus but it doesn't show the green line on either side of the mouth...

Juv./In. Razorfish sp.

Iniistius aneitensis or Iniistius tetrazona?

Solomons.

~Matt Segal

Thouse are hard. What location?

They are from the Solomon Islands. We had a discussion about them at DDN and decided that the pipefish is C. flavofasciatus and the wrasse is Iniistius pavo. The blenny is nearly impossible without a full body shot.

Luiz

nice pics, I hope this will help:

The blenny is correct: Cirripectes filamentosus, the green line is not so important, the brown/red circle of the eye is.

The pipe fish is neither: it seems to be an undescribed species, but already documented in the book: Hippocampes, Kuiter, 2001: as Corythoichthys species from Indonesia. It has the same pattern on the eye and body and black dots on the mouth.

The Razorfish is Iniistius pavo, sligthly juvenile.

Philippe

Thanks Philippe. If you (or others) don't mind...a couple more. (Shoddy photos, just trying to catalog)

Is this second one the same 'undescribed species' you mentioned?

~Matt Segal

Second one is a Network pipefish, I believe: Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Cheers,

Marli

On second thought, whilst looking for the orange spotted one, I found photos of Corythoichthys haematopterus that look a bit closer. Reeftop pipefish. Preety recently described. Then again....

Cheers,

Marli

I agree with Marli first choice on the second pipefish: the C. flavofasciatus - all is about the 2 vertical stripes on the eyes. This pipefish has different eye - same as C. flavofasciatus

The first pipefish is a mystery - I need to do some digging.

grtz

Philippe

Philippe or anyone else...find out what the orange/red spotted one is?

~Matt Segal

Yep, got a probably id: Corythoichthys schultzi