Leptonotus
| Leptonotus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Leptonotus Kaup, 1853 |
| Species | |
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Leptonotus is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae. The name is derived from the Greek leptos meaning "thin" and noton meaning "back".[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- L. blainvilleanus (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) (deep-bodied pipefish)
- L. elevatus (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (high-body pipefish)
- L. norae (Waite, 1910) (longsnout pipefish)
References
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors (2011). "Leptonotus elevatus (Hutton, 1872)". FishBase. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Leptonotus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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