''Bhanotia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 s ...
es native to the
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
** Indian English, a dialect of the English language
** Indian cuisine
Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
s.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Bhanotia fasciolata''
( A. H. A. Duméril, 1870)
* ''
Bhanotia nuda''
C. E. Dawson, 1978 (Naked pipefish)
* ''
Bhanotia pauciradiata''
G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1995 (Few-rayed pipefish)
References
Syngnathidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Sunder Lal Hora
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