Amphelikturus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Amphelikturus dendriticus.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author1 = Pollom, R. | author2 = Brenner, J. | author3 = Williams, J.T. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = Acentronura dendritica |

journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2015| page = e.T46107486A46959066 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T46107486A46959066.en | doi-access = free }}

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Amphelikturus

| parent_authority = A. E. Parr, 1930

| species = dendriticus

| authority = (T. Barbour, 1905)

| synonyms = *Siphostoma dendriticum Barbour, 1905

  • Acentronura dendritica (Barbour, 1905)

| synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Amphelikturus|dendriticus|month=February|year=2018}}

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Amphelikturus dendriticus, the pipehorse, is a species of pygmy pipehorse native to the western Atlantic Ocean. This small, highly camouflaged pipefish is rarely seen.Kuiter, Rudie H. 2000. Seahorses, pipefishes, and the relatives. Chorleywood, UK: TMC Publishing. 240 p This species grows to a length of {{convert|7.5|cm|in}} TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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