Nerophis

Genus of fishes


title: "Nerophis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nerophis", "syngnathidae", "fish-of-the-east-atlantic", "marine-fish-genera", "taxa-named-by-constantine-samuel-rafinesque"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/nerophis" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerophis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Wężynka.jpg | image_caption = Nerophis ophidion | taxon = Nerophis | authority = Rafinesque, 1810 | type_species = Syngnathus ophidion | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms = Nematosoma Eichwald, 1831

Nerophis is a genus of pipefishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Image:Nerophis lumbriciformis Batz.jpg|Nerophis lumbriciformis Image:Nerophis maculatus.jpg|Nerophis maculatus Image:Nerophis ophidion2.JPG|Nerophis ophidion

References

References

  1. {{FishBase genus. (2012)

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