Leptonotus is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae.[2] The name is derived from the Greek leptos meaning "thin" and noton meaning "back".[3]
| Leptonotus | |
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| Longsnout pipefish Leptonotus norae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Leptonotus Kaup, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus blainvilleanus Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species edit
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- Leptonotus blainvilleanus (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) (deep-bodied pipefish)
- Leptonotus elevatus (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (high-body pipefish)
- Leptonotus norae (Waite, 1910) (longsnout pipefish)
- Leptonotus vincentae Luzzatto & Estalles, 2019
References edit
- ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (31 May 2018). "Genera that contain: Leptonotus (not including unavailable names)". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Fritzsche, R.A. 1980. A revisionary study of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6): 181-227.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors (2011). "Leptonotus elevatus (Hutton, 1872)". FishBase. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Luzzatto, Diego C.; Estalles, María L. (2019). "Leptonotus vincentae, a new pipefish species (Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae) from the south-west Atlantic Ocean near northern Patagonia". Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (2): 624–632. doi:10.1111/jfb.14056. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 31119739. S2CID 162182014.
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