Stigmatopora is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Stigmatopora | |
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| Stigmatopora nigra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Stigmatopora Kaup, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840
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5, see text | |
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Species
editThere are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Stigmatopora argus (J. Richardson, 1840) (spotted pipefish)
- Stigmatopora harastii Short & Trevor-Jones, 2020 (red wide-bodied pipefish)
- Stigmatopora macropterygia A. H. A. Duméril, 1870 (long-snouted pipefish)
- Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & K. Smith, 2007 (Southern Gulf pipefish)
- Stigmatopora nigra Kaup, 1856 (wide-bodied pipefish)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stigmatopora". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ Short, Graham; Trevor-Jones, Andrew (2020-11-17). "Stigmatopora harastii, a new species of pipefish in facultative associations with finger sponges and red algae from New South Wales, Australia (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)". ZooKeys (994): 105–123. doi:10.3897/zookeys.994.57160. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7686221. PMID 33273883.
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