Janss' pipefish
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Janss' pipefish is often seen swimming with its belly facing upward.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Janss' pipefish
- Scientific name
- Doryrhamphus janssi
- Japanese name
- ヤンシーズパイプフィッシュ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Doryrhamphus
Where the name “Janss' pipefish” comes from
The genus name Doryrhamphus comes from Greek words for lance and beak. The scientific name janssi honors Edwin Janss Jr.
Museums VictoriaHow the Janss' pipefish lives
It lives in caves and crevices on sheltered coral reefs near the shore. Pairs remove parasites from other fish. Males brood the eggs in a partly open pouch under the body.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- The western Pacific
Where the Janss' pipefish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 强氏矛吻海龙
- 繁體中文
- 強氏矛吻海龍
- Español
- Pez Pipa de Janss
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-cachimbo-de-Janss
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bajulan api
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヤンシーズパイプフィッシュChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Cleaner Pipefish, Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall 1972)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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