Enneacampus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
Genus: | Enneacampus C. E. Dawson, 1981 |
Type species | |
Syngnathus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
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Enneacampus is a genus of freshwater pipefishes native to Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The genus name comes from the Greek ennea meaning "nine times" and kampe meaning "curvature."
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Enneacampus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
- Enneacampus kaupi (Bleeker, 1863)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Enneacampus in FishBase. October 2012 version.