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