Biology:Syngnathus

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Syngnathus
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma
Oligocene to Recent
Syngnathus acus.jpg
Syngnathus acus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Syngnathus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Syngnathus acus
Synonyms[1]
  • Acus Swainson, 1839
  • Dermatostethus Gill, 1862
  • Siphostoma Rafinesque, 1810
  • Syrictes Jordan & Evermann, 1927
  • Tigricampus Whitley, 1934
  • Tiphle Rafinesque, 1810

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][3] 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 .[4]

Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:

  • Syngnathus abaster A. Risso, 1827 (Black-striped pipefish)
  • Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 (Greater pipefish)
  • Syngnathus affinis Eichwald, 1831
  • Syngnathus auliscus (Swain, 1882) (Barred pipefish)
  • Syngnathus californiensis D. H. Storer, 1845 (Kelp pipefish)
  • Syngnathus caribbaeus C. E. Dawson, 1979 (Caribbean pipefish)
  • Syngnathus carinatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1892)
  • Syngnathus caspius Eichwald, 1831
  • Syngnathus chihiroe Matsunuma, 2017 [5]
  • Syngnathus dawsoni (Herald, 1969)
  • Syngnathus exilis (R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Bar-cheek pipefish)
  • Syngnathus floridae (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Dusky pipefish)
  • Syngnathus folletti Herald, 1942
  • Syngnathus fuscus D. H. Storer, 1839 (Northern pipefish)
  • Syngnathus leptorhynchus Girard, 1854 (Bay pipefish)
  • Syngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870 (Chain pipefish)
  • Syngnathus macrophthalmus Duncker, 1915
  • Syngnathus makaxi Herald & C. E. Dawson, 1972 (Yucatán pipefish)
  • Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sargassum pipefish)
  • Syngnathus phlegon A. Risso, 1827
  • Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855 (Nilsson's pipefish)
  • Syngnathus safina Paulus, 1992
  • Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup, 1856 (Seaweed pipefish)
  • Syngnathus schmidti A. M. Popov, 1928
  • Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) (Gulf pipefish)
  • Syngnathus springeri Herald, 1942 (Bull pipefish)
  • Syngnathus taenionotus Canestrini, 1871
  • Syngnathus temminckii Kaup, 1856 (Long-snout pipefish) [6]
  • Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke, 1836 (Narrow-snouted pipefish)
  • Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 (Broad-nosed pipefish)
  • Syngnathus variegatus Pallas, 1814
  • Syngnathus watermeyeri J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Estuarine pipefish)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Syngnathiidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Syngnathiidae. 
  2. Fritzsche, R.A. 1980. A revisionary study of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6): 181-227.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Syngnathus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  4. Paleobiology Database: Fossilworks: Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758.
  5. Matsunuma, M. (2017): Syngnathus chihiroe, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa, 4232 (3): 385-396.
  6. 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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