Enneacampus

Enneacampus
Scientific classification
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

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Enneacampus". FishBase. October 2012 version.