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Lissocampus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Syngnathidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Syngnathiformes

Rank
  
Genus

Lissocampus

Similar
  
Festucalex, Bulbonaricus, Siokunichthys

Lissocampus is a genus of pipefishes mostly native to the Indian Ocean. One species (L. bannwarthi) is only known to occur in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez and one species (L. filum) occurs in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. The remaining species are endemic to Australia.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

  • Lissocampus bannwarthi (Duncker, 1915)
  • Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921 (smooth pipefish)
  • Lissocampus fatiloquus (Whitley, 1943) (prophet's pipefish)
  • Lissocampus filum (Günther, 1870) (shortsnout pipefish)
  • Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931) (javelin pipefish)
  • References

    Lissocampus Wikipedia