Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Syngnathus exilis

Barcheek pipefish

WoRMS 275223ITIS 166461GBIF 2332950key worms:275223

2026-08-05: itis_id 166461 via WoRMS external link

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

Barcheek pipefish25 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Syngnathus exilis — Photo · Jacob · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Barcheek pipefish, Syngnathus exilis, is a species of the pipefishes. Widespread in the Eastern Pacific from the Half Moon Bay in central California, United States, to south central Baja California and Guadalupe Island, Mexico.W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2011 and 2011.R

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observations: 1
records: 1
sampling events: 2011
years: 1
datasets

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.

Mesopelagic Fish 1 obs · 1 events · 2011
name used: Syngnathus exilis · code Syngnathus exilis

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 Mesopelagic Fish table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/sio_mesopelagic-fish.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:275223%22

Syngnathus exilis

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/.