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Family: Syngnathidae Pipefishes and seahorses



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Solegnathus dunckeri Dunker's pipehorse Western Pacific 1927
Solegnathus hardwickii Hardwicke's pipefish Western Indian Ocean 40 TL 1830
Solegnathus lettiensis Günther's pipehorse Eastern Indian Ocean 1860
Solegnathus robustus Robust pipehorse Eastern Indian Ocean 35 TL 1911
Solegnathus spinosissimus Spiny pipehorse Southwest Pacific 49 TL 1870
Stigmatopora argus Spotted pipefish Eastern Indian Ocean 25.4 TL 1840
Stigmatopora harastii Harasti’s pipefish Southwest Paciic 14.6 SL 2020
Stigmatopora macropterygia Long-snouted pipefish Southwest Pacific 35.0 TL 1870
Stigmatopora narinosa Southern Gulf pipefish Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 2007
Stigmatopora nigra Wide-bodied pipefish Indo-West Pacific 16.2 TL 1856
Stipecampus cristatus Ring-backed pipefish Eastern Indian Ocean 22 SL 1918
Syngnathoides biaculeatus Alligator pipefish Indo-Pacific 29 TL 1785
Syngnathus abaster Black-striped pipefish Eastern Atlantic 22.1 SL 1827
Syngnathus acus Greater pipefish Eastern Atlantic 50 TL 1758
Syngnathus affinis Texas pipefish Western Atlantic 1870
Syngnathus auliscus Barred pipefish Eastern Pacific 18 TL 1882
Syngnathus californiensis Kelp pipefish Eastern Pacific 50 TL 1845
Syngnathus caribbaeus Caribbean pipefish Western Atlantic 22.5 TL 1979
Syngnathus carinatus Eastern Central Pacific 23 SL 1892
Syngnathus caspius Western Asia 1831
Syngnathus chihiroe Northwest Pacific 9.2 SL 2017
Syngnathus dawsoni Western Central Atlantic 1969
Syngnathus euchrous Chocolate pipefish Eastern Pacific 25 TL 1980
Syngnathus exilis Barcheek pipefish Eastern Pacific 25 TL 1916
Syngnathus floridae Dusky pipefish Western Atlantic 26 TL 1882
Syngnathus folletti Southwest Atlantic 1942
Syngnathus fuscus Northern pipefish Western Atlantic 33 TL 1839
Syngnathus insulae Eastern Central Pacific 20.4 SL 1980
Syngnathus leptorhynchus Bay pipefish Eastern Pacific 38.5 TL 1854
Syngnathus louisianae Chain pipefish Western Atlantic 38 TL 1870
Syngnathus macrobrachium Southeast Pacific 22.5 SL 1980
Syngnathus macrophthalmus Western Indian Ocean 12.2 TL 1915
Syngnathus makaxi Western Central Atlantic 8.7 SL 1972
Syngnathus pelagicus Sargassum pipefish Western Atlantic 18.1 SL 1758
Syngnathus phlegon Eastern Atlantic 20 TL 1827
Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson's pipefish Northeast Atlantic 18.5 TL 1855
Syngnathus safina Western Indian Ocean 1992
Syngnathus schlegeli Seaweed pipefish Northwest Pacific 30 TL 1856
Syngnathus schmidti Europe 11 TL 1928
Syngnathus scovelli Gulf pipefish Western Atlantic 18.3 SL 1896
Syngnathus springeri Bull pipefish Western Atlantic 38 TL 1942
Syngnathus taenionotus Mediterranean Sea 19 TL 1871
Syngnathus temminckii Southwest Atlantic to Sou 1856
Syngnathus tenuirostris Narrow-snouted pipefish Mediterranean Sea 1837
Syngnathus typhle Broadnosed pipefish Eastern Atlantic 35 TL 1758
Syngnathus variegatus Eurasia 1814
Syngnathus watermeyeri River pipefish Africa 13 TL 1963
Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus Double-ended pipefish Indo-West Pacific 40 TL 1857
Trachyrhamphus longirostris Straightstick pipefish Indo-West Pacific 40 TL 1856
Trachyrhamphus serratus Indo-West Pacific 30 TL 1850
Urocampus carinirostris Hairy pipefish Western Pacific 10 SL 1872
Urocampus nanus Barbed pipefish Northwest Pacific 13.4 SL 1870
Vanacampus margaritifer Mother-of-pearl pipefish Western Pacific 15.9 SL 1868
Vanacampus phillipi Port Phillip pipefish Eastern Indian Ocean 18.4 SL 1891
Vanacampus poecilolaemus Eastern Indian Ocean 27 SL 1868
Vanacampus vercoi Verco's pipefish Eastern Indian Ocean 10.5 SL 1921



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