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Syngnathidae The Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and '' Phyllopteryx''). The name is derived from grc, σύν (), meaning "together", and (), meaning "jaw". The fused jaw is one of the t ...

found in marine,

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.Paleobiology Database: Fossilworks: ''Syngnathus'' Linnaeus, 1758.
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Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus: * '' Syngnathus abaster'' A. Risso, 1827 (Black-striped pipefish) * '' Syngnathus acus''

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(Greater pipefish) * '' Syngnathus affinis'' Eichwald, 1831 * '' Syngnathus auliscus'' ( Swain, 1882) (Barred pipefish) * '' Syngnathus californiensis'' D. H. Storer, 1845 (Kelp pipefish) * '' Syngnathus caribbaeus'' C. E. Dawson, 1979 (Caribbean pipefish) * '' Syngnathus carinatus'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1892) * '' Syngnathus caspius'' Eichwald, 1831 * '' Syngnathus chihiroe'' Matsunuma, 2017 Matsunuma, M. (2017): ''Syngnathus chihiroe'', a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from southern Japan. ''Zootaxa, 4232 (3): 385-396.'' * ''

Syngnathus dawsoni ''Syngnathus dawsoni'' is a species of the pipefish Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and '' Phyllopteryx''), form the family Syngnathi ...

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, 1969) * '' Syngnathus euchrous'' Fritzsche, 1980 (Chocolate pipefish) * '' Syngnathus exilis'' ( R. C. Osburn &

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, 1916) (Bar-cheek pipefish) * '' Syngnathus floridae'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Dusky pipefish) * '' Syngnathus folletti''

, 1942 * '' Syngnathus fuscus'' D. H. Storer, 1839 (Northern pipefish) * '' Syngnathus insulae'' Fritzsche, 1980 * '' Syngnathus leptorhynchus'' Girard, 1854 (Bay pipefish) * '' Syngnathus louisianae'' Günther, 1870 (Chain pipefish) * '' Syngnathus macrobrachium'' Fritzsche, 1980 * '' Syngnathus macrophthalmus'' Duncker, 1915 * ''

Syngnathus makaxi The Yucatán pipefish (''Syngnathus makaxi'') is a demersal fish species native to the Gulf of Mexico. Physical description Syngnathidae fossils can be dated back to the Pliocene period found near Italy. Similarly, such as a tubular moth and l ...

& C. E. Dawson, 1972 (Yucatán pipefish) * '' Syngnathus pelagicus''

(Sargassum pipefish) * '' Syngnathus phlegon'' A. Risso, 1827 * '' Syngnathus rostellatus''

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, 1855 (Nilsson's pipefish) * '' Syngnathus safina'' Paulus, 1992 * '' Syngnathus schlegeli'' Kaup, 1856 (Seaweed pipefish) * '' Syngnathus schmidti'' A. M. Popov, 1928 * ''

Syngnathus scovelli The Gulf pipefish (''Syngnathus scovelli'') is a species of pipefish in the member of the taxonomic family Sygnathidae.Hoese, H.D., Moore, R.H. (1998''). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters'', 2nd edition. Texas A ...

'' ( Evermann & Kendall, 1896) (Gulf pipefish) * '' Syngnathus springeri''

, 1942 (Bull pipefish) * ''

Syngnathus taenionotus Darkflank pipefish (''Syngnathus taenionotus'') is a pipefish species that inhabits the north-western Adriatic. It is found both in marine and brackish habitats. It is a demersal fish in which the males are ovoviviparous Ovoviviparity, ovo ...

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, 1871 * '' Syngnathus temminckii'' Kaup, 1856 (Long-snout pipefish) Mwale, M., Kaiser, H., Barker, N.P., Wilson, A.B. & Teske, P.R. (2013)
Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes ''Syngnathus'' spp.
''Journal of Fish Biology, 82 (6): 2045–2062.'' * '' Syngnathus tenuirostris'' Rathke, 1836 (Narrow-snouted pipefish) * ''

Syngnathus typhle The broadnosed pipefish or deepnosed pipefish (''Syngnathus typhle'') is a fish of the family Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefishes). It is native to the Eastern Atlantic from Vardø in Norway, Baltic Sea (north to the Gulf of Finland) and the ...

(Broad-nosed pipefish) * ''

Syngnathus variegatus Thickly snouted pipefish (''Syngnathus variegatus'') is a pipefish species which inhabits the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It is a Marine (ocean), marine, demersal fish, demersal, ovoviviparous fish. References

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, 1814 * '' Syngnathus watermeyeri'' J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Estuarine pipefish)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q606703 Freshwater fish genera Marine fish genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Extant Oligocene first appearances