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Syngnathus

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Syngnathus
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Oligocene to Recent
Syngnathus acus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Syngnathus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Syngnathus acus
Synonyms[1]

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

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There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Syngnathiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Syngnathus". 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.