Biblio Entry Summary for Doryrhamphus excisus
 
Citation Randall, J.E., 2005, Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands.. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p.
Ref. 54980 Randall, J.E., 2005
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Named Used as Valid Doryrhamphus excisus
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Locality
Distribution Pacific: Ryukyus to the Great Barrier Reef; east to Marshall and Society Islands.
Quote D. melanopleura is a synonym. In Dawson (Ref. 5316) there is a clinal increase in the number of total rings and dorsal rays, with highest east of Fiji and some specimens from SE Oceania may be largely brownish.
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