Acentronura tentaculata

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Acentronura tentaculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Acentronura
Species:
A. tentaculata
Binomial name
Acentronura tentaculata
Günther, 1870
Synonyms
  • Syngnathoides algensisFourmanoir, 1955
  • Acentronura mossambica J.L.B. Smith, 1963

Acentronura tentaculata, the shortpouch pygmy pipehorse , northern little pipehorse, or dwarf pipehorse, is a species of pygmy pipehorse from the family Syngnathidae. [2] The status of this species is debated and Acentronura breviperula is considered to be subsumed within this species by some authorities. The exact distribution of this species may be as wide as the western Indo-Pacific region from East Africa to New Caledonia and the northern Great Barrier Reef. [1] Other authorities however describe Acentronura tentaculata as being endemic to the Red Sea. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pollom, R. (2016). "Acentronura tentaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T46102569A46665224. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T46102569A46665224.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Acentronura tentaculata" in FishBase . February 2018 version.
  3. Mark McGrouther (30 April 2013). "Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse, Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley, 1949". Australian Museum. Retrieved 22 May 2018.