Congiopodus

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Congiopodus
Southern Pigfish, Congiopodus leucopaecilus.jpg
Southern Pigfish (C. leucopaecilus)
Congiopodus spinifer.jpg
Spinenose Horsefish (C. spinifer)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Congiopodidae
Genus: Congiopodus
Perry, 1811

Congiopodus is a genus of pigfishes native to the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Species[]

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Congiopodus coriaceus & , 1979 (Deepsea pigfish)
  • (Sauvage, 1878)
  • Congiopodus leucopaecilus (J. Richardson, 1846) (Southern pigfish)
  • (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Horsefish)
  • (A. Smith, 1839) (Spinenose horsefish)
  • (Gronow, 1772) (Smooth horsefish)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Congiopodus in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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