Hippichthys
Sign in to saveHippichthys is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the landmasses around them. This genus contains freshwater, brackish water and marine species.
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It is catalogued under topics including Hippichthys, Marine fish genera and Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
river pipefishes
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSyngnathiformes
- FamilySyngnathidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Collections
- LSUMZ, SIO, UMMZ, ANSP, FMNH, CAS
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Kuwait, Thailand, Srinagarindra, Madagascar, Australia, Solomon Islands, Nouvelle-Caledonie
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Hippichthys is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the landmasses around them. This genus contains freshwater, brackish water and marine species.
==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Hippichthys albomaculosus A. P. Jenkins & Mailautoka, 2010 Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1854) (Blue-spotted pipefish) Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 (Belly pipefish) Hippichthys parvicarinatus (C. E. Dawson, 1978) (Short-keel pipefish) Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849) (Beady pipefish) Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838) (Bellybarred pipefish)
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