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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Syngnathiformes
Subordo: Syngnathoidei

Familia: Syngnathidae
Subfamiliae: Syngnathinae
Genus: Leptonotus
Species (4): L. blainvilleanus – L. elevatus – L. norae – L. vincentae
Name

Leptonotus Kaup, 1853: 232

Type species: Syngnathus blainvilleanus Eydoux & Gervais, 1837, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Kaup, J.J. 1853. Uebersicht der Lophobranchier. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 19(pt. 1): 226-234.

Leptonotus is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae.[2] The name is derived from the Greek leptos meaning "thin" and noton meaning "back".[3]
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

Leptonotus blainvilleanus (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) (deep-bodied pipefish)
Leptonotus elevatus (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (high-body pipefish)
Leptonotus norae (Waite, 1910) (longsnout pipefish)
Leptonotus vincentae Luzzatto & Estalles, 2019

References

William Eschmeyer, ed. (31 May 2018). "Genera that contain: Leptonotus (not including unavailable names)". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
Fritzsche, R.A. 1980. A revisionary study of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6): 181-227.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors (2011). "Leptonotus elevatus (Hutton, 1872)". FishBase. Retrieved 18 September 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Luzzatto, Diego C.; Estalles, María L. (2019). "Leptonotus vincentae, a new pipefish species (Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae) from the south-west Atlantic Ocean near northern Patagonia". Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (2): 624–632. doi:10.1111/jfb.14056. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 31119739. S2CID 162182014.

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