Penetopteryx

Penetopteryx
Penetopteryx taeniocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Syngnathidae
Subfamily:Syngnathinae
Genus:Penetopteryx
Lunel, 1881
Type species
Penetopteryx taeniocephalus
Lunel, 1881

Penetopteryx is a genus of pipefishes.

Species

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

  • Penetopteryx nanus (N. Rosén, 1911) (lost pipefish) Western Atlantic[2]
  • Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Lunel, 1881 Indo-Pacific,(Oceanic pipefish) Madagascar to Kiritimati In Kiribati.[3]

Both species areclassified as being of Least Concern by the IUCN.[4][5]


References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Penetopteryx in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Penetopteryx nanus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Penetopteryx taeniocephalus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  4. ↑ Williams, J.T.; Brenner, J. & Pollom, R. (2016). "Penetopteryx nanus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T47150895A47461896. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Zhang R. & Pollom, R. (2015). "Penetopteryx taeniocephalus (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T65372543A115431339. Retrieved 5 June 2018.


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