Syngnathus auliscus (Swain, 1882) .

Barred Pipefish. To 19 cm (7.5 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Santa Barbara Channel, southern California (Fritzsche 1980) to Puerto Pizarro, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Fritzsche 1980). Depth: surface (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), intertidal to 20 m (66 ft) (min.: Allen 1999; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).