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Vanacampus

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Vanacampus is a genus of pipefishes endemic to the ocean waters around the Australian coasts.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Vanacampus is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Australia, Animalia and Chordata.

It is catalogued under topics including Marine fish genera, Syngnathidae and Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSyngnathiformes
  5. FamilySyngnathidae
Habitatmarine, brackish

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
15
With media
1
Family
Syngnathidae
Collections
NMV, AM, SAMA, QVMAG, WAM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Syngnathidae
Image
FMIB 45586 Syngnathus poecilolaemus.jpeg
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taxon name
Vanacampus
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Category:Vanacampus
Commons category
Vanacampus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Vanacampus is a genus of pipefishes endemic to the ocean waters around the Australian coasts.

==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Vanacampus margaritifer (W. K. H. Peters, 1868) (mother-of-pearl pipefish) Vanacampus phillipi (A. H. S. Lucas, 1891) (Port Phillip pipefish) Vanacampus poecilolaemus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868) Vanacampus vercoi (Waite & Hale, 1921) (Verco's pipefish)

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