The Vanacampus spp. genera currently comprises four species, Long-snout pipefish V. poecilolaemus, Verco's pipefish / Flinder's pipefish V. vercoi, Pt. Phillip pipefish V. phillipi, and the Mother-of-Pearl pipefish V. margaritifer,  Verco's pipefish / Flinder's pipefish has 16 trunk rings in contrast to the 17-20 trunk rings of the other species. However, there is a considerable ambiguity in the discriminating meristics (counts of characteristics) of the Vanacampus species, and there are possibly a number of novel taxon in the group.

Reproduction:

Long-snout Pipefish Vanacampus poecilolaemus: From the South Australian Museum. n=2, Egg no/length; 21/125mm, 32/174mm.

This image was taken by Kevin Smith in Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia, and probably shows a Long-snout pipefish Vanacampus poecilolaemus