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| Doryichthys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Doryichthys Kaup, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Doryichthys bilinearus Kaup, 1856 | |
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Doryichthys, river pipefish, is a genus of Asian freshwater pipefishes.
Their name is derived from the Greek dory meaning "lance" and ichthys meaning fish.
Species
[edit]There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850) (Asian river pipefish)
- Doryichthys contiguus Kottelat, 2000
- Doryichthys deokhatoides (Bleeker, 1854) (Large-spots river pipefish)
- Doryichthys heterosoma (Bleeker, 1851) (Sambas river pipefish)
- Doryichthys martensii (W. K. H. Peters, 1868) (Martens' pipefish)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Doryichthys". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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