Stigmatopora
Genus of fishes
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Stigmatopora is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Stigmatopora | |
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| Stigmatopora nigra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Stigmatopora Kaup, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840 | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Stigmatopora argus (J. Richardson, 1840) (spotted pipefish)
- Stigmatopora harastii Short & Trevor-Jones, 2020 (red wide-bodied pipefish)
- Stigmatopora macropterygia A. H. A. Duméril, 1870 (long-snouted pipefish)
- Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & K. Smith, 2007 (Southern Gulf pipefish)
- Stigmatopora nigra Kaup, 1856 (wide-bodied pipefish)
