''Syngnathus'' is a

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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 (), meaning "together", and (), meaning "jaw". The fused jaw is one of the traits that ...

found in marine,

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and sometimes

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s of these

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are found from the

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. They are known from various localities of

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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 ''Syngnathus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Syngnathidae found in sea water, marine, brackish water, brackish and sometimes fresh waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Fossils of the ...

'' A. Risso, 1827 (Black-striped pipefish) * ''

Syngnathus acus The greater pipefish (''Syngnathus acus'') is a pipefish of the family (biology), family Syngnathidae. It is a seawater fish and the type species of the genus ''Syngnathus''. Etymology The genus name ''Syngnathus'' derives from the Greek, ''syn' ...

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(Greater pipefish) * ''

Syngnathus affinis ''Syngnathus affinis'' is a species of pipefish. It is found in the Black Sea. References

Fish described in 1831 Fish of the Black Sea Syngnathus, affinis {{Syngnathiformes-stub ...

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, 1831 * '' Syngnathus auliscus'' (

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, 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''

, 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'' (

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, 1969) * '' Syngnathus exilis'' ( R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Bar-cheek pipefish) * '' Syngnathus floridae'' (

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& C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Dusky pipefish) * '' Syngnathus folletti''

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

& 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'' Canestrini, 1871 * ''

Syngnathus temminckii ''Syngnathus temminckii'' (longsnout pipefish) is the most common pipefish in southern African estuaries, ranging from Walvis Bay (Namibia) to the Tugela River on the east coast of South Africa.Heemstra, P.C. (2004) Coastal Fishes of Southern Afr ...

'' 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 ocean from Vardø in Norway, the Baltic Sea (north to the Gulf of Finlan ...

(Broad-nosed pipefish) * '' Syngnathus variegatus''

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, 1814 * ''

Syngnathus watermeyeri The estuarine pipefish or river pipefish (''Syngnathus watermeyeri'') is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to South Africa and has been sporadically recorded in the estuarine portions of the Kariega, Kasouga, Bushmans, ...

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...

, 1963 (Estuarine pipefish)

References

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