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Lissocampus
Lissocampus is a genus of pipefishes mostly native to the Indian Ocean. One species (L. bannwarthi) is only known to occur in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez and one species (L. filum) occurs in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. The remaining species are endemic to Australia.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Shortsnout Pipefish
speciesLissocampus filum
Javelin Pipefish
speciesLissocampus runa
Smooth Pipefish
speciesLissocampus caudalis
Prophet's Pipefish
speciesLissocampus fatiloquus
Lissocampus bannwarthi
speciesLissocampus bannwarthi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 89566.