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Acentronura
Sign in to saveAcentronura is a genus of pygmy pipehorse native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The name is derived from the Greek ακεντρονουρα, or a-kentron-oura, and refers to the lack of a sting on the tail.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSyngnathiformes
- FamilySyngnathidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, BPBM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Japan, Timor-Leste
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Acentronura is a genus of pygmy pipehorse native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The name is derived from the Greek ακεντρονουρα, or a-kentron-oura, and refers to the lack of a sting on the tail.
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus, several previous members having been moved to the genera Amphelikturus and Idiotropiscis: Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley, 1949 (Dwarf pipehorse) Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Bastard seahorse) Acentronura tentaculata (Günther, 1870) (Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acentronura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.