''Festucalex'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Syngnathidae
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native to the
Indian
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and
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Festucalex amakusensis''
( Tomiyama, 1972)
* ''
Festucalex armillatus''
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...
, 2016 [Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): New Species of Pipefish (Syngnathidae) from the South China Sea. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (5): 787–789.'']
* ''
Festucalex cinctus''
( E. P. Ramsay, 1882) (Girdled pipefish)
* ''
Festucalex erythraeus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
* ''
Festucalex gibbsi''
C. E. Dawson, 1977 (Gibbs' pipefish)
* ''
Festucalex kulbickii''
R. Fricke, 2004 (Kulbicki's pipefish)
* ''
Festucalex prolixus''
C. E. Dawson, 1984
* ''
Festucalex rufus''
G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2015 (Pink pipefish)
[Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2015)]
''Festucalex rufus'', a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (1): 47-51.''
* ''
Festucalex scalaris''
( Günther, 1870) (Ladder pipefish)
* ''
Festucalex townsendi''
(Duncker Duncker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alexander Duncker (1813–1879), German publisher and bookseller
*Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (1781–1869), German publisher
*Franz Duncker (1822–1888), German publisher, politic ...
, 1915)
* ''
Festucalex wassi''
C. E. Dawson, 1977 (Wass' pipefish)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2159608
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley