Syngnathus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Syngnathiformes
Subordo: Syngnathoidei

Familia: Syngnathidae
Subfamiliae: Syngnathinae
Genus: Syngnathus
Species: S. abaster – S. acus – S. affinis – S. auliscus – S. californiensis – S. caribbaeus – S. carinatus – S. chihiroe – S. dawsoni – S. euchrous – S. exilis – S. floridae – S. folletti – S. fuscus – S. insulae – S. leptorhynchus – S. louisianae – S. macrobrachium – S. macrophthalmus – S. makaxi – S. pelagicus – S. phlegon – S. rostellatus – S. safina – S. schlegeli – S. schmidti – S. scovelli – S. springeri – S. taenionotus – S. tenuirostris – S. typhle – S. variegatus – S. watermeyeri

nomen dubium: S. barbatus

Name

Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: male
Type species: Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 336. Reference page.

Additional references

Kullander, S.O. 2016. G. J. Billberg’s (1833) ‘On the ichthyology, and description of some new fish species of the pipefish genus Syngnathus’. Zootaxa 4066(2): 101–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.2.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Matsunuma, M. 2017. Syngnathus chihiroe, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa 4232(3): 385–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.7. Reference page.

Links

Syngnathus in the World Register of Marine Species
Genera of Syngnathus (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Syngnathus at FishBase

Syngnathus is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae found in marine, brackish and sometimes fresh waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2] Fossils of these species are found from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene. They are known from various localities of Greece, Italy, Germany and United States.[3]
Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:

Syngnathus abaster A. Risso, 1827 (Black-striped pipefish)
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 (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 [4]
Syngnathus dawsoni (Herald, 1969)
Syngnathus euchrous Fritzsche, 1980 (Chocolate pipefish)
Syngnathus exilis (R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Bar-cheek pipefish)
Syngnathus floridae (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Dusky pipefish)
Syngnathus folletti Herald, 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 Herald & C. E. Dawson, 1972 (Yucatán pipefish)
Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sargassum pipefish)
Syngnathus phlegon A. Risso, 1827
Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855 (Nilsson's pipefish)
Syngnathus safina Paulus, 1992
Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup, 1856 (Seaweed pipefish)
Syngnathus schmidti A. M. Popov, 1928
Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) (Gulf pipefish)
Syngnathus springeri Herald, 1942 (Bull pipefish)
Syngnathus taenionotus Canestrini, 1871
Syngnathus temminckii Kaup, 1856 (Long-snout pipefish) [5]
Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke, 1836 (Narrow-snouted pipefish)
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 (Broad-nosed pipefish)
Syngnathus variegatus Pallas, 1814
Syngnathus watermeyeri J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Estuarine pipefish)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Syngnathiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Syngnathus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
Paleobiology Database: Fossilworks: Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758.
Matsunuma, M. (2017): Syngnathus chihiroe, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa, 4232 (3): 385-396.
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.