307 Species in Family Syngnathidae
Nominal species list for Syngnathidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley, 1949
Acentronura gracilissima (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Bastard seahorse
Acentronura tentaculata Günther, 1870 Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse
Amphelikturus dendriticus (Barbour, 1905) Pipehorse
Anarchopterus criniger (Bean & Dresel, 1884) Fringed pipefish
Anarchopterus tectus (Dawson, 1978) Insular pipefish
Apterygocampus epinnulatus Weber, 1913 Briarium pipefish
Bhanotia fasciolata (Duméril, 1870) Corrugated pipefish
Bhanotia nuda Dawson, 1978 Naked pipefish
Bhanotia pauciradiata Allen & Kuiter, 1995 Few-rayed pipefish
Campichthys galei (Duncker, 1909) Gale's pipefish
Campichthys nanus Dawson, 1977
Campichthys tricarinatus Dawson, 1977 Three-keel pipefish
Campichthys tryoni (Ogilby, 1890) Tryon's pipefish
Bryx analicarens (Duncker, 1915) Pink pipefish
Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919) Pugnose pipefish
Bryx randalli (Herald, 1965)
Bryx veleronis Herald, 1940
Bulbonaricus brauni (Dawson & Allen, 1978) Pugheaded pipefish
Bulbonaricus brucei Dawson, 1984
Bulbonaricus davaoensis (Herald, 1953) Davao pughead pipefish
Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker, 1855) Short-bodied pipefish
Choeroichthys cinctus Dawson, 1976 Barred shortbody pipefish
Choeroichthys hadiatyae Allen, G.; Erdmann, M. & Hidayat, N., 2020 Renny’s pipefish
Choeroichthys latispinosus Dawson, 1978 Muiron pipefish
Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther, 1870) Sculptured pipefish
Choeroichthys smithi Dawson, 1976
Choeroichthys suillus Whitley, 1951 Pigsnout pipefish
Cylix tupareomanaia Short, Trnski & Ngātiwai, 2021 Manaia pygmy pipehorse
Corythoichthys amplexus Dawson & Randall, 1975 Brown-banded pipefish
Corythoichthys benedetto Allen & Erdmann, 2008 Benedetto's pipefish
Corythoichthys conspicillatus (Jenyns, 1842)
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell, 1838) Network pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus (Bleeker, 1851) Messmate pipefish
Corythoichthys insularis Dawson, 1977
Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay, 1881) Scribbled pipefish
Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald, 1953 Black-breasted pipefish
Corythoichthys ocellatus Herald, 1953 Ocellated pipefish
Corythoichthys paxtoni Dawson, 1977 Paxton's pipefish
Corythoichthys polynotatus Dawson, 1977 Many-spotted pipefish
Corythoichthys schultzi Herald, 1953 Schultz's pipefish
Cosmocampus albirostris (Kaup, 1856) Whitenose pipefish
Cosmocampus arctus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) Snubnose pipefish
Cosmocampus balli (Fowler, 1925) Ball's pipe fish
Cosmocampus banneri (Herald & Randall, 1972) Roughridge pipefish
Cosmocampus brachycephalus (Poey, 1868) Crested pipefish
Cosmocampus coccineus (Herald, 1940)
Cosmocampus darrosanus (Dawson & Randall, 1975) D'Arros pipefish
Cosmocampus elucens (Poey, 1868) Shortfin pipefish
Cosmocampus heraldi (Fritzsche, 1980)
Cosmocampus hildebrandi (Herald, 1965) Dwarf pipefish
Cosmocampus howensis (Whitley, 1948) Lord Howe pipefish
Cosmocampus investigatoris (Hora, 1926) Investigator pipefish
Cosmocampus maxweberi (Whitley, 1933) Maxweber's pipefish
Cosmocampus profundus (Herald, 1965) Deepwater pipefish
Cosmocampus retropinnis Dawson, 1982
Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850)
Doryichthys contiguus Kottelat, 2000
Doryichthys deokhatoides (Bleeker, 1854)
Doryichthys heterosoma (Bleeker, 1851)
Doryichthys martensii (Peters, 1868)
Doryrhamphus abbreviatus Dawson, 1981
Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Randall & Earle, 1994
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Dawson, 1981 Narrowstripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856 Bluestripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & Randall, 1972) Janss' pipefish
Doryrhamphus japonicus Araga & Yoshino, 1975 Honshu pipefish
Doryrhamphus malus (Whitley, 1954)
Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858)
Doryrhamphus negrosensis Herre, 1934 Negros pipefish
Doryrhamphus paulus Fritzsche, 1980
Dunckerocampus baldwini Herald & Randall, 1972 Redstripe pipefish
Dunckerocampus boylei Kuiter, 1998 Broad-banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus chapmani Herald, 1953 Glowtail pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853) Ringed pipefish
Dunckerocampus multiannulatus (Regan, 1903) Many-banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus naia Allen & Kuiter, 2004 Naia pipefish
Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler, 1938 Yellowbanded pipefish
Enneacampus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
Enneacampus kaupi (Bleeker, 1863)
Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus, 1758) Snake pipefish
Festucalex armillatus Prokofiev, 2016
Festucalex cinctus (Ramsay, 1882) Girdled pipefish
Festucalex erythraeus (Gilbert, 1905)
Festucalex gibbsi Dawson, 1977 Gibbs' pipefish
Festucalex kulbickii Fricke, 2004 Kulbicki’s pipefish
Festucalex prolixus Dawson, 1984
Festucalex rufus Allen & Erdmann, 2015
Festucalex scalaris (Günther, 1870) Ladder pipefish
Festucalex wassi Dawson, 1977 Wass’ pipefish
Filicampus tigris (Castelnau, 1879) Tiger pipefish
Halicampus boothae (Whitley, 1964) Booth's pipefish
Halicampus brocki (Herald, 1953) Brock's pipefish
Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud, 1929) Duncker's pipefish
Halicampus edmondsoni (Pietschmann, 1928) Edmondson's pipefish
Halicampus grayi Kaup, 1856 Gray's pipefish
Halicampus macrorhynchus Bamber, 1915 Ornate pipefish
Halicampus marquesensis Dawson, 1984
Halicampus mataafae (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Samoan pipefish
Halicampus nitidus (Günther, 1873) Glittering pipefish
Halicampus punctatus (Kamohara, 1952) Starry pipefish
Halicampus spinirostris (Dawson & Allen, 1981) Spinysnout pipefish
Halicampus zavorensis Dawson, 1984 Zavora pipefish
Haliichthys taeniophorus Gray, 1859 Ribboned pipefish
Heraldia nocturna Paxton, 1975 Upside-down pipefish
Hippichthys albomaculosus Jenkins & Mailautoka, 2010
Hippichthys cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1854) Blue-spotted pipefish
Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 Belly pipefish
Hippichthys parvicarinatus (Dawson, 1978) Short-keel pipefish
Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849) Beady pipefish
Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838) Bellybarred pipefish
Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 Big-belly seahorse
Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856 West African seahorse
Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870 Western spiny seahorse
Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908 Barbour's seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970 Pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870 Réunion seahorse
Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 Shorthead seahorse
Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854 Giraffe seahorse
Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900 Knysna seahorse
Hippocampus casscsio Zhang, Qin, Wang & Lin, 2016 Beibu Bay seahorse
Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003 Coleman's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1849 Tiger tail seahorse
Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 Crowned seahorse
Hippocampus curvicuspis Fricke, 2004 New Caledonian thorny seahorse
Hippocampus dahli Ogilby, 1908 Lowcrown seahorse
Hippocampus debelius Gomon & Kuiter, 2009 Softcoral seahorse
Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003 Denise's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810 Lined seahorse
Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Fisher's seahorse
Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 Sea pony
Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 Long-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus haema Han, Kim, Kai & Senou, 2017 Korean seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) Short snouted seahorse
Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856 Thorny seahorse
Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858 Pacific seahorse
Hippocampus japapigu Short, Smith, Motomura, Harasti & Hamilton, 2018 Japanese pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900 Jayakar's seahorse
Hippocampus jugumus Kuiter, 2001 Collared seahorse
Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Great seahorse
Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 Spotted seahorse
Hippocampus lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856 Lichtenstein's Seahorse
Hippocampus minotaur Gomon, 1997 Bullneck seahorse
Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 Japanese seahorse
Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001 Monte Bello seahorse
Hippocampus nalu Short, Claassens, Smith, de Brauwer, Hamilton, Stat & Harasti, 2020 Sodwana pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus paradoxus Foster & Gomon, 2010 Paradoxical seahorse
Hippocampus patagonicus Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004 Patagonian seahorse
Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877 Flatface seahorse
Hippocampus pontohi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 Pontoh's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus pusillus Fricke, 2004 Pygmy thorny seahorse
Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 Longsnout seahorse
Hippocampus satomiae Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 Satomi's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Shiho's seahorse
Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 Hedgehog seahorse
Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873 West Australian seahorse
Hippocampus suezensis Duncker, 1940 Egyptian seahorse
Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814 Longnose seahorse
Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872 Lazarus seahorse
Hippocampus tyro Randall & Lourie, 2009
Hippocampus waleananus Gomon & Kuiter, 2009 Walea pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 White's seahorse
Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964 Zebra seahorse
Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Dwarf seahorse
Histiogamphelus briggsii McCulloch, 1914 Briggs' pipefish
Histiogamphelus cristatus (Macleay, 1881) Macleay's crested pipefish
Hypselognathus horridus Dawson & Glover, 1982 Prickly pipefish
Hypselognathus rostratus (Waite & Hale, 1921) Knife-snouted pipefish
Ichthyocampus bikiniensis Herald, 1953
Ichthyocampus carce (Hamilton, 1822)
Idiotropiscis australis (Waite & Hale, 1921) Southern little pipehorse
Idiotropiscis larsonae (Dawson, 1984) Helen's pygmy pipehorse
Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri Kuiter, 2004 Sydney's pygmy pipehorse
Kaupus costatus (Waite & Hale, 1921) Deepbody pipefish
Kimblaeus bassensis Dawson, 1980 Trawl pipefish
Kyonemichthys rumengani Gomon, 2007 Thread pipefish
Leptoichthys fistularius Kaup, 1853 Brushtail pipefish
Leptonotus blainvilleanus (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) Deep-bodied pipefish
Leptonotus elevatus (Hutton, 1872) Pipefish
Leptonotus norae (Waite, 1910) Longsnout pipefish
Lissocampus bannwarthi (Duncker, 1915)
Lissocampus caudalis Waite & Hale, 1921 Smooth pipefish
Lissocampus fatiloquus (Whitley, 1943) Prophet's pipefish
Lissocampus filum (Günther, 1870) Shortsnout pipefish
Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931) Javelin pipefish
Lophocampus brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) Stream pipefish
Lophocampus ocellatus (Duncker, 1910)
Lophocampus retzii (Bleeker, 1856) Ragged-tail pipefish
Maroubra perserrata Whitley, 1948 Sawtooth pipefish
Maroubra yasudai Dawson, 1983 Orange pipefish
Mitotichthys meraculus (Whitley, 1948) Western crested pipefish
Mitotichthys mollisoni (Scott, 1955) Mollison's pipefish
Mitotichthys semistriatus (Kaup, 1856) Half-banded pipefish
Micrognathus andersonii (Bleeker, 1858) Shortnose pipefish
Micrognathus brevicorpus Fricke, 2004
Micrognathus brevirostris (Rüppell, 1838) Thorntail pipefish
Micrognathus crinitus (Jenyns, 1842) Banded pipefish
Micrognathus erugatus Herald & Dawson, 1974
Micrognathus micronotopterus (Fowler, 1938) Tidepool pipefish
Micrognathus natans Dawson, 1982 Offshore pipefish
Micrognathus pygmaeus Fritzsche, 1981 Thorntailed pipefish
Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855) Flat-nosed pipepfish
Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Short-tailed pipefish
Microphis caudocarinatus (Weber, 1907) Slender pipefish
Microphis cruentus Dawson & Fourmanoir, 1981 Dumbéa river pipefish
Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822) Crocodile-tooth pipefish
Microphis deocata (Hamilton, 1822) Deocata pipefish
Microphis dunckeri (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)
Microphis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852) Freshwater pipefish
Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) Barhead pipefish
Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) Opossum pipefish
Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) Menado pipefish
Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856)
Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) Shorttail pipefish
Microphis pleurostictus Peters, 1868
Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) Spinach pipefish
Minyichthys brachyrhinus (Herald, 1953)
Minyichthys inusitatus Dawson, 1983
Minyichthys myersi (Herald & Randall, 1972) Myer's pipefish
Minyichthys sentus Dawson, 1982
Mitotichthys tuckeri (Scott, 1942) Tucker's pipefish
Nannocampus elegans Smith, 1953 Elegant pipefish
Nannocampus lindemanensis (Whitley, 1948) Painted pipefish
Nannocampus pictus (Duncker, 1915) Reef pipefish
Nannocampus subosseus Günther, 1870 Bony-headed pipefish
Nannocampus weberi Duncker, 1915 Reef-flat pipefish
Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835) Worm pipefish
Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810
Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758) Straightnose pipefish
Notiocampus ruber (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) Red pipefish
Oostethus insularis (Hora, 1925) Andaman pipefish
Oostethus jagorii (Peters, 1868)
Penetopteryx nanus (Rosén, 1911) Lost pipefish
Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Lunel, 1881 Oceanic pipefish
Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856) Rock pipefish
Phoxocampus diacanthus (Schultz, 1943) Spined pipefish
Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) Trunk-barred pipefish
Phycodurus eques (Günther, 1865) Leafy seadragon
Phyllopteryx dewysea Stiller, Wilson & Rouse, 2015 Ruby seadragon
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804) Common seadragon
Pseudophallus elcapitanensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914)
Pseudophallus mindii (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923)
Pseudophallus starksii (Jordan & Culver, 1895)
Pugnaso curtirostris (Castelnau, 1872) Pug-nosed pipefish
Siokunichthys bentuviai Clark, 1966 Barred xenia-pipefish
Siokunichthys breviceps Smith, 1963 Softcoral pipefish
Siokunichthys herrei Herald, 1953 Herre’s pipefish
Siokunichthys nigrolineatus Dawson, 1983 Mushroom-coral pipefish
Siokunichthys southwelli (Duncker, 1910) Southwell's pipefish
Siokunichthys striatus Fricke, 2004 New Caledonian soft-coral pipefish
Solegnathus dunckeri Whitley, 1927 Dunker's pipehorse
Solegnathus hardwickii (Gray, 1830) Hardwicke's pipefish
Solegnathus lettiensis Bleeker, 1860 Günther's pipehorse
Solegnathus robustus McCulloch, 1911 Robust pipehorse
Solegnathus spinosissimus (Günther, 1870) Spiny pipehorse
Stigmatopora argus (Richardson, 1840) Spotted pipefish
Stigmatopora harastii Short & Trevor-Jones, 2020 Harasti’s pipefish
Stigmatopora macropterygia Duméril, 1870 Long-snouted pipefish
Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & Smith, 2007 Southern Gulf pipefish
Stigmatopora nigra Kaup, 1856 Wide-bodied pipefish
Stipecampus cristatus (McCulloch & Waite, 1918) Ring-backed pipefish
Syngnathus dawsoni (Herald, 1969)
Syngnathus euchrous Fritzsche, 1980 Chocolate pipefish
Syngnathus exilis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) Barcheek pipefish
Syngnathus floridae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Dusky pipefish
Syngnathus folletti Herald, 1942
Syngnathus fuscus Storer, 1839 Northern pipefish
Syngnathus insulae Fritzsche, 1980
Syngnathus leptorhynchus Girard, 1854 Bay pipefish
Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785) Alligator pipefish
Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827 Black-striped pipefish
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 Greater pipefish
Syngnathus affinis Günther, 1870 Texas pipefish
Syngnathus auliscus (Swain, 1882) Barred pipefish
Syngnathus californiensis Storer, 1845 Kelp pipefish
Syngnathus caribbaeus Dawson, 1979 Caribbean pipefish
Syngnathus carinatus (Gilbert, 1892)
Syngnathus caspius Eichwald, 1831
Syngnathus chihiroe Matsunuma, 2017
Syngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870 Chain pipefish
Syngnathus macrobrachium Fritzsche, 1980
Syngnathus macrophthalmus Duncker, 1915
Syngnathus makaxi Herald & Dawson, 1972
Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 Sargassum pipefish
Syngnathus phlegon Risso, 1827
Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855 Nilsson's pipefish
Syngnathus safina Paulus, 1992
Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup, 1856 Seaweed pipefish
Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1928
Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) Gulf pipefish
Syngnathus springeri Herald, 1942 Bull pipefish
Syngnathus taenionotus Canestrini, 1871
Syngnathus temminckii Kaup, 1856
Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke, 1837 Narrow-snouted pipefish
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 Broadnosed pipefish
Syngnathus variegatus Pallas, 1814
Syngnathus watermeyeri Smith, 1963 River pipefish
Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker, 1857) Double-ended pipefish
Trachyrhamphus longirostris Kaup, 1856 Straightstick pipefish
Trachyrhamphus serratus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Urocampus carinirostris Castelnau, 1872 Hairy pipefish
Urocampus nanus Günther, 1870 Barbed pipefish
Vanacampus margaritifer (Peters, 1868) Mother-of-pearl pipefish
Vanacampus phillipi (Lucas, 1891) Port Phillip pipefish
Vanacampus poecilolaemus (Peters, 1868)
Vanacampus vercoi (Waite & Hale, 1921) Verco's pipefish
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