Siphonognathus

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Siphonognathus
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Siphonognathus argyrophanes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Odacidae
Genus: Siphonognathus
J. Richardson, 1858
Type species
Siphonognathus argyrophanes
J. Richardson, 1858
Synonyms
  • SheardichthysWhitley, 1947
  • ParodaxJ. K. Scott, 1976

Siphonognathus is a genus of ray-finned fishes, weed whitings in the family Odacidae which are endemic to Southern Australian coastal waters. [1] These fish are characterized by their extremely elongate bodies and live primarily in seagrass beds.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: [1]

Although Fishbase places all six of these species in the genus Siphonognathus, [1] the Catalog of Fishes places S. attentuatus, S. beddomei, S. radiatus and S. tanyourus in the separate genus Sheardichthys and places S. caninis on the monospecific genus Parodax, leaving Siphonognathus as a monospecific genus containing only the tubemouth (S. argyrophanes). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Siphonognathus". FishBase . August 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Siphonognathus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 February 2020.