Leptonotus

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Leptonotus
Longsnout pipefish, Leptonotus norae.jpg
Longsnout pipefish Leptonotus norae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Leptonotus
Kaup, 1853
Type species
Syngnathus blainvilleanus
Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
Species

See text.

Synonyms [1]

Leptonotus is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae. [2] The name is derived from the Greek leptos meaning "thin" and noton meaning "back". [3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: [4]

References

  1. ↑ William Eschmeyer, ed. (31 May 2018). "Genera that contain: Leptonotus (not including unavailable names)". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Fritzsche, R.A. 1980. A revisionary study of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6): 181-227.
  3. ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors (2011). "Leptonotus elevatus (Hutton, 1872)". FishBase. Retrieved 18 September 2012.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ Luzzatto, Diego C.; Estalles, María L. (2019). "Leptonotus vincentae, a new pipefish species (Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae) from the south-west Atlantic Ocean near northern Patagonia" . Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (2): 624–632. doi:10.1111/jfb.14056. ISSN   1095-8649. PMID   31119739. S2CID   162182014.


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