The tiger pipefish (''Filicampus tigris'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
pipefish
Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons ('' Phycodurus'' and '' Phyllopteryx''), form the family Syngnathidae.
Description
Pipefish look like straight-bodied se ...
native to the marine waters around
Australia at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
SL. This species is the only known member of its
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
.
References
External links
Fishes of Australia : ''Filicampus tigris''
Syngnathidae
Marine fish of Australia
Monotypic marine fish genera
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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