''Stigmatopora'' is a

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Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Stigmatopora argus'' ( J. Richardson, 1840) (spotted pipefish) * '' Stigmatopora harastii'' (red wide-bodied pipefish) * '' Stigmatopora macropterygia'' A. H. A. Duméril, 1870 (long-snouted pipefish) * '' Stigmatopora narinosa''

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& K. Smith, 2007 (Southern Gulf pipefish) * '' Stigmatopora nigra'' Kaup, 1856 (wide-bodied pipefish)

References

Syngnathidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup {{Syngnathiformes-stub