Biology:Solegnathus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
Solegnathus | |
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Spiny pipehorse, Solegnathus spinosissimus. Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
Genus: | Solegnathus Swainson, 1839 |
Type species | |
Syngnathus hardwickii Gray, 1830
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Solegnathus is a genus of pipehorse native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Solegnathus dunckeri Whitley, 1927 (Duncker's pipehorse)
- Solegnathus hardwickii (J. E. Gray, 1830) (Hardwicke's pipefish)
- Solegnathus lettiensis Bleeker, 1860 (Günther's pipehorse)
- Solegnathus robustus McCulloch, 1911 (Robust pipehorse)
- Solegnathus spinosissimus (Günther, 1870) (Spiny pipehorse)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Solegnathus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q147106 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solegnathus.
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