Doryichthys

Doryichthys, river pipefish, is a genus of Asian freshwater pipefishes.

Doryichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Subfamily:	Syngnathinae
Genus:	Doryichthys Kaup, 1853
Type species
Doryichthys bilinearus Kaup, 1856
Synonyms
Doryrhamphinarum Kaup, 1856 Kaupia J.L.B. Smith, 1963

Etymology

Their name is derived from the Greek dory meaning "lance" and ichthys meaning fish.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850) (Asian river pipefish)
• Doryichthys contiguus Kottelat, 2000
• Doryichthys deokhatoides (Bleeker, 1854) (Large-spots river pipefish)
• Doryichthys heterosoma (Bleeker, 1851) (Sambas river pipefish)
• Doryichthys martensii (W. K. H. Peters, 1868) (Martens' pipefish)