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Tail-brooding Pipefishes
Syngnathinae
Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons, form the family Syngnathidae.
48 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 265 known species

Seahorses
genusHippocampus

Syngnathus
genusSyngnathus

Corythoichthys
genusCorythoichthys

Phyllopteryx
genusPhyllopteryx

Phycodurus
genusPhycodurus

Stigmatopora
genusStigmatopora

Trachyrhamphus
genusTrachyrhamphus

Idiotropiscis
genusIdiotropiscis

Filicampus
genusFilicampus

Acentronura
genusAcentronura

Halicampus
genusHalicampus

Histiogamphelus
genusHistiogamphelus

Cosmocampus
genusCosmocampus

Hippichthys
genusHippichthys

Vanacampus
genusVanacampus

Festucalex
genusFestucalex

Siokunichthys
genusSiokunichthys

Kyonemichthys
genusKyonemichthys

Stipecampus
genusStipecampus

Leptonotus
genusLeptonotus

Solegnathus
genusSolegnathus

Syngnathoides
genusSyngnathoides

Bulbonaricus
genusBulbonaricus

Micrognathus
genusMicrognathus

Lissocampus
genusLissocampus

Amphelikturus
genusAmphelikturus

Urocampus
genusUrocampus

Mitotichthys
genusMitotichthys

Pugnaso
genusPugnaso

Ichthyocampus
genusIchthyocampus

Anarchopterus
genusAnarchopterus

Phoxocampus
genusPhoxocampus

Hypselognathus
genusHypselognathus

Bryx
genusBryx

Ribboned Pipehorses
genusHaliichthys

Fluvial Pipefishes
genusPseudophallus

Apterygocampus
genusApterygocampus

Notiocampus
genusNotiocampus

Kaupus
genusKaupus

Minyichthys
genusMinyichthys

Nannocampus
genusNannocampus

Cylix
genusCylix

Penetopteryx
genusPenetopteryx

African Freshwater Pipefishes
genusEnneacampus

Campichthys
genusCampichthys

Bhanotia
genusBhanotia
Kimblaeus
genusKimblaeus

Sea Muppets
genusAustralyichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Syngnathinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 488479.