| 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 |
| Page | 107;photo |
| Named Used as Valid | Doryrhamphus excisus |
| Comment | |
| 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. |