Enneacampus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Enneacampus C. E. Dawson, 1981 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 | |
Enneacampus is a genus of freshwater pipefishes native to Africa.
Etymology
The genus name comes from the Greek ennea meaning "nine times" and kampe meaning "curvature."
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Enneacampus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
- Enneacampus kaupi (Bleeker, 1863)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Enneacampus". FishBase. October 2012 version.