Syngnathus

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.[2] 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.[3]

Syngnathus
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Oligocene to Recent
Syngnathus acus
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Syngnathus

Type species
Syngnathus acus
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Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Syngnathiidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Syngnathus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  3. Paleobiology Database: Fossilworks: Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758.
  4. Matsunuma, M. (2017): Syngnathus chihiroe, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa, 4232 (3): 385-396.
  5. 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.
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