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.
| Lissocampus | |
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| Lissocampus runa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Lissocampus Waite & Hale, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Larvicampus Whitley, 1948 | |
Species edit
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lissocampus.
- ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (30 May 2018). "Genera that contain: Lissocampus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lissocampus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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