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Lissocampus
Genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Quick Facts Lissocampus, Scientific classification ...
Lissocampus | |
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Lissocampus runa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Larvicampus Whitley, 1948 |
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