Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Syngnathus californiensis

Kelp pipefish

WoRMS 275218ITIS 166457GBIF 2332938key worms:275218

2026-08-05: itis_id 166457 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Alexandra Hahn · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Syngnathus typhle

Kelp pipefish50 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Syngnathus californiensis — Photo · Tewy · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The kelp pipefish is a species of pipefish. It inhabits the eastern Pacific from the Bodega Bay in northern California, United States, to southern Baja California, Mexico.W CalCOFI holds 18 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1987 and 2016, as larva.R

18
observations: 18
records: 18
sampling events: 1987–2016
years: 2
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 16 obs · 16 events · 1987–2016 · larva
name used: Syngnathus leptorhynchus Bay pipefish · code 788 synonym id conflict
name used: Syngnathus californiensis Kelp pipefish · code 792
Mesopelagic Fish 2 obs · 2 events · 2011
name used: Syngnathus californiensis · code Syngnathus californiensis

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:275218%22

Syngnathus californiensis

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.