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Syngnathus
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. 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. The name comes from Ancient Greek σύν (sún), meaning "together", and γνάθος (gnáthos), meaning "jaw", referring to the fused jaw that the species (and the entire family) have in common.
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Kelp Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus californiensis
Northern Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus fuscus
Broadnosed Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus typhle
Greater Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus acus
Gulf Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus scovelli
Black-striped Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus abaster
Chain Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus louisianae
Dusky Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus floridae
Longsnout Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus temminckii
Lesser Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus rostellatus
Narrow-snouted Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus tenuirostris
Darkflank Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus taenionotus
Sargassum Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus pelagicus
Syngnathus schlegeli
speciesSyngnathus schlegeli
Barred Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus auliscus
Uruguayan Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus folletti
Syngnathus macrobrachium
speciesSyngnathus macrobrachium
Caspian Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus caspius
Caribbean Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus caribbaeus
Syngnathus variegatus
speciesSyngnathus variegatus
Estuarine Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus watermeyeri
Bull Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus springeri
Cortez Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus carinatus
Yucatan Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus makaxi
Guadalupe Pipefish
speciesSyngnathus insulae
Syngnathus texanus
speciesSyngnathus texanus
Syngnathus chihiroe
speciesSyngnathus chihiroe
Syngnathus safina
speciesSyngnathus safina
Syngnathus macrophthalmus
speciesSyngnathus macrophthalmus
Black Sea pelagic pipefish
speciesSyngnathus schmidti
Syngnathus phlegon
speciesSyngnathus phlegon
Syngnathus dawsoni
speciesSyngnathus dawsoni
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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 54539.