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Leptonotus vincentae Luzzatto & Estalles 2019

Leptonotus vincentae

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Leptonotus vincentae is a species of pipefish found in the south-west Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 20.5 cm (8.1 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ocean fisheries biologist Amanda Vincent of the University of British Columbia, Director and co-founder of Project Seahorse, "whose work on conservation of syngnathids has increased our chances of having healthy populations of these fishes in the threatened seas of the world."[3]

References

  1. ^ Luzzatto, Diego C.; Estalles, María L. (2019). "Leptonotus vincentae, a new pipefish species (Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae) from the south‐west Atlantic Ocean near northern Patagonia". Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (2): 624–632. doi:10.1111/jfb.14056. PMID 31119739. S2CID 162182014.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Leptonotus vincentae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families AULOSTOMIDAE, CENTRISCIDAE, FISTULARIIDAE, SOLENOSTOMIDAE and SYNGNATHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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Leptonotus vincentae: Brief Summary

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Leptonotus vincentae is a species of pipefish found in the south-west Atlantic Ocean.

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