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: Urocampus
Species (2): U. carinirostris – U. nanus
Name
Urocampus Günther, 1870: 179
Type species: Urocampus nanus Günther, 1870, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Günther, A. 1870. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i–xxv + 1–549.
Urocampus is a genus of pipefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau, 1872 (Hairy pipefish)
Urocampus nanus Günther, 1870 (Barbed pipefish)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Urocampus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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