Biology:Doryichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Doryichthys Kaup, 1853 |
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| Doryichthys bilinearus Kaup, 1856
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Doryichthys, river pipefish, is a genus of Asian freshwater pipefishes.
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)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Doryichthys in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5299101 entry
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