Vanacampus
Genus of fishes
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Vanacampus is a genus of pipefishes endemic to the ocean waters around the Australian coasts.
| Vanacampus | |
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| Vanacampus vercoi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Vanacampus Whitley, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus vercoi Waite & Hale, 1921 | |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- 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)
