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Siphonognathus
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Siphonognathus

Siphonognathus is a genus of weed whitings endemic to Southern Australian coastal waters. These fish are characterized by their extremely elongate bodies and live primarily in seagrass beds.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Tubemouth

speciesSiphonognathus argyrophanes

Longray Weed Whiting

speciesSiphonognathus radiatus

Pencil Weed Whiting

speciesSiphonognathus beddomei

Sharpnose Weed Whiting

speciesSiphonognathus caninis

Slender Weed Whiting

speciesSiphonognathus attenuatus

Longtail Weed Whiting

speciesSiphonognathus tanyourus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68649.