Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Syngnathiformes > Family Syngnathidae > Subfamily Syngnathinae

Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus phlegon Risso, 1827
Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855
Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1928
Syngnathus taenionotus Canestrini, 1871
Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke, 1837
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus variegatus Pallas, 1814

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: seaweed pipefishes sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
 Japanese: ヨウジウオ属

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126227

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/62e66ae9-f6cb-455b-b966-418be472daee

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126227
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:304827

Last modified

2014-11-21 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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