Phoxocampus

Phoxocampus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Syngnathidae
Subfamily:Syngnathinae
Genus:Phoxocampus
C. E. Dawson, 1977
Type species
Ichthyocampus belcheri
Kaup, 1856

Phoxocampus is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with these currently recognized species:[1]

  • Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856) (rock pipefish)
  • Phoxocampus diacanthus (L. P. Schultz, 1943) (spined pipefish)
  • Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) (trunk-barred pipefish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Phoxocampus in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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