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 (sún), meaning "together", and (gnáthos), meaning "jaw", referring to the fused jaw that the species (and the entire family) have in common.
Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:
- Syngnathus abaster <small>A. Risso, 1827</small> (Black-striped pipefish)
- Syngnathus acus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Greater pipefish)
- Syngnathus affinis <small>Eichwald, 1831</small>
- Syngnathus auliscus <small>(Swain, 1882)</small> (Barred pipefish)
- Syngnathus californiensis <small>D. H. Storer, 1845</small> (Kelp pipefish)
- Syngnathus caribbaeus <small>C. E. Dawson, 1979</small> (Caribbean pipefish)
- Syngnathus carinatus <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1892)</small>
- Syngnathus caspius <small>Eichwald, 1831</small>
- Syngnathus chihiroe <small>Matsunuma, 2017</small>
- Syngnathus dawsoni <small>(Herald, 1969)</small>
- Syngnathus exilis <small>(R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916)</small> (Bar-cheek pipefish)
- Syngnathus floridae <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)</small> (Dusky pipefish)
- Syngnathus folletti <small>Herald, 1942</small>
- Syngnathus fuscus <small>D. H. Storer, 1839</small> (Northern pipefish)
- Syngnathus leptorhynchus <small>Girard, 1854</small> (Bay pipefish)
- Syngnathus louisianae <small>Günther, 1870</small> (Chain pipefish)
- Syngnathus macrophthalmus <small>Duncker, 1915</small>
- Syngnathus makaxi <small>Herald & C. E. Dawson, 1972</small> (Yucatán pipefish)
- Syngnathus pelagicus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Sargassum pipefish)
- Syngnathus phlegon <small>A. Risso, 1827</small>
- Syngnathus rostellatus <small>Nilsson, 1855</small> (Nilsson's pipefish)
- Syngnathus safina <small>Paulus, 1992</small>
- Syngnathus schlegeli <small>Kaup, 1856</small> (Seaweed pipefish)
- Syngnathus schmidti <small>A. M. Popov, 1928</small>
- Syngnathus scovelli <small>(Evermann & Kendall, 1896)</small> (Gulf pipefish)
- Syngnathus springeri <small>Herald, 1942</small> (Bull pipefish)
- Syngnathus taenionotus <small>Canestrini, 1871</small>
- Syngnathus temminckii <small>Kaup, 1856</small> (Long-snout pipefish)
- Syngnathus tenuirostris <small>Rathke, 1836</small> (Narrow-snouted pipefish)
- Syngnathus typhle <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Broad-nosed pipefish)
- Syngnathus variegatus <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
- Syngnathus watermeyeri <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1963</small> (Estuarine pipefish)
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