Cosmocampus

Cosmocampus
Whitenose Pipefish (C. albisrostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Subfamily:	Syngnathinae
Genus:	Cosmocampus C. E. Dawson, 1979
Type species
Corythoichthys albirostris Kaup, 1856
Synonyms
Simocampus Fritzsche, 1980

Cosmocampus is a genus of pipefishes.

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:¹

• Cosmocampus albirostris (Kaup, 1856) (Whitenose pipefish)
• Cosmocampus arctus (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Snubnose pipefish)
• Cosmocampus balli (Fowler, 1925) (Ball's pipefish)
• Cosmocampus banneri (Herald & J. E. Randall, 1972) (Roughridge pipefish)
• Cosmocampus brachycephalus (Poey, 1868) (Crested pipefish)
• Cosmocampus coccineus (Herald, 1940)
• Cosmocampus darrosanus (C. E. Dawson & J. E. Randall, 1975) (D'Arros pipefish)
• Cosmocampus elucens (Poey, 1868) (Shortfin pipefish)
• Cosmocampus hildebrandi (Herald, 1965) (Dwarf pipefish)
• Cosmocampus howensis (Whitley, 1948) (Lord Howe pipefish)
• Cosmocampus investigatoris (Hora, 1926)
• Cosmocampus maxweberi (Whitley, 1933) (Max Weber's pipefish)
• Cosmocampus profundus (Herald, 1965) (Deepwater pipefish)
• Cosmocampus retropinnis C. E. Dawson, 1982