Phoxocampus is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with these currently recognized species:[1]
- Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856) (rock pipefish)
- Phoxocampus diacanthus (L. P. Schultz, 1943) (spined pipefish)
- Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) (trunk-barred pipefish)
Phoxocampus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
Genus: | Phoxocampus C. E. Dawson, 1977 |
Type species | |
Ichthyocampus belcheri Kaup, 1856
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phoxocampus". FishBase. October 2012 version.