- English Name : Many-banded pipefish
- Local Name : Galhi kendi venu bandeyri Size : Max. 17.5 cm
- Family : Order : Specimen :
- SYNGNATHIDAE Gasterosteiformes MRS/0243/88
- Distinctive Characters: Dorsal fin with 20-23 rays. Pectoral fin with 18-22 rays. Trunk rings 16. Tail rings 19-20.
- Colour: Numerous narrow brownish red bars present on body. 4-6 dark bands on opercle.
- Habitat and Biology: Often found in caves, on the reef slope.
- Distribution: Western Indian Ocean.
- Remarks: Dunckerocampus multiannulatus is sometimes classified in the genus Doryrhamphus. It is fairly common in the Maldives, but easily overlooked by divers because it lives in small dark caves.