Cylix tupareomanaia

Cylix tupareomanaia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Cylix
Short, Trnski & Ngātiwai 2021
Species:
C. tupareomanaia
Binomial name
Cylix tupareomanaia
Short, Trnski & Ngātiwai 2021[1]

Cylix tupareomanaia, the Manaia pygmy pipehorse, is a species of syngnathid, the family of seahorses and pipefish, and is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 2021, and is found in the northern parts of the North Island of New Zealand.

  1. ^ Graham A. Short; Thomas Trnski (20 September 2021). "A New Genus and Species of Pygmy Pipehorse from Taitokerau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand, with a Redescription of Acentronura Kaup, 1853 and Idiotropiscis Whitley, 1947 (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)". Copeia. 109 (3): 806–835. doi:10.1643/I2020136. ISSN 0045-8511. Wikidata Q108810121.