Leptonotus
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| Genus: | Leptonotus Kaup, 1853
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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.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leptonotus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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