Stigmatopora
Appearance
Stigmatopora | |
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Stigmatopora nigra | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
Genus: | Stigmatopora Kaup, 1853 |
Type species | |
Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840
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Species | |
see text | |
Synonyms | |
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Stigmatopora is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Stigmatopora argus (J. Richardson, 1840) (Spotted pipefish)
- Stigmatopora macropterygia A. H. A. Duméril, 1870 (Long-snouted pipefish)
- Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & K. Smith, 2007 (Southern Gulf pipefish)
- Stigmatopora nigra Kaup, 1856 (Wide-bodied pipefish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stigmatopora". FishBase. October 2012 version.