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Siokunichthys
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Siokunichthys

Siokunichthys is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species, Siokunichthys nigrolineatus, has a commensal relationship with mushroom corals of the genus Fungia.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Mushroom-coral pipefish

speciesSiokunichthys nigrolineatus

Barred xenia-pipefish

speciesSiokunichthys bentuviai

Siokunichthys herrei

speciesSiokunichthys herrei

Softcoral Pipefish

speciesSiokunichthys breviceps

Siokunichthys southwelli

speciesSiokunichthys southwelli

New Caledonian soft-coral pipefish

speciesSiokunichthys striatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85256.