''Maroubra'' 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 with one species, ''M. perserrata'',
endemic
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to
Australia
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and the other, ''M. yasudai'', endemic to
Japan
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.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Maroubra perserrata''
Whitley, 1948 (sawtooth pipefish)
* ''
Maroubra yasudai''
C. E. Dawson, 1983 (orange pipefish)
References
Syngnathidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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