Many-banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus multiannulatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Many-banded pipefish
- Scientific
- Dunckerocampus multiannulatus
- Dhivehi
- ގަޅިކެނޑި ވެނުބަނޑޭރިGalhi kendi venu bandeyri
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 19 cm (total length) (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 17.5 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 45 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A slender pipefish banded with many narrow red to brownish-red rings, with dark bands on the gill cover and a red and white tail fan. It lives in pairs in caves and crevices, usually swimming upside down along the ceiling.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name galhi kendi venu bandeyri (MRS 1997). MRS notes it is fairly common in the Maldives but easily missed because it lives in small dark caves.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Dunckerocampus-multiannulatus.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ގަޅިކެނޑި_ވެނުބަނޑޭރި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Multibar_Pipefish.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Galhi kendi venu bandeyri' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ގަޅިކެނޑި ވެނުބަނޑޭރި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.