Vanacampus
Appearance
Vanacampus | |
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Vanacampus vercoi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
Genus: | Vanacampus Whitley, 1951 |
Type species | |
Syngnathus vercoi Waite & Hale, 1921
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Vanacampus is a genus of pipefishes endemic to the ocean waters around the Australian coasts.
Species
[edit]The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Vanacampus margaritifer (W. K. H. Peters, 1868) (mother-of-pearl pipefish)
- Vanacampus phillipi (A. H. S. Lucas, 1891) (Port Phillip pipefish)
- Vanacampus poecilolaemus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
- Vanacampus vercoi (Waite & Hale, 1921) (Verco's pipefish)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Vanacampus". FishBase. October 2012 version.