Lissocampus
Lissocampus runa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Subfamily:	Syngnathinae
Genus:	Lissocampus Waite & Hale, 1921
Type species
Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921
Synonyms[1]
Larvicampus Whitley, 1948

Lissocampus is a genus of pipefishes mostly native to the Indian Ocean. One species (L. bannwarthi) is only known to occur in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez and one species (L. filum) occurs in the Pacific Ocean around New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. The remaining species are endemic to Australia.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

• Lissocampus bannwarthi (Duncker, 1915)
• Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921 (smooth pipefish)
• Lissocampus fatiloquus (Whitley, 1943) (prophet's pipefish)
• Lissocampus filum (Günther, 1870) (shortsnout pipefish)
• Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931) (javelin pipefish)

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