Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus Dawson 1981

Dawson 1981. Review of the Indo-Pacific pipefish genus Doryrhamphus Kaup (Pisces: Syngnathidae), with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, No. 44 1981: 1-27