Seaweed pipefish

Seaweed pipefish
Black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Subfamily:	Syngnathinae
Genus:	Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758

The Seaweed pipefishes, Syngnathus, is a genus of pipefishes in the family Syngnathidae. They inhabit marine, brackish, and sometimes fresh waters.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:

• Syngnathus abaster A. 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 D. H. Storer, 1845 (Kelp pipefish)
• Syngnathus caribbaeus C. E. Dawson, 1979 (Caribbean pipefish)
• Syngnathus carinatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1892)
• Syngnathus dawsoni (Herald, 1969)
• Syngnathus euchrous Fritzsche, 1980 (Chocolate pipefish)
• Syngnathus exilis (R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Barcheek 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 insulae Fritzsche, 1980
• Syngnathus leptorhynchus Girard, 1854 (Bay pipefish)
• Syngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870 (Chain pipefish)
• Syngnathus macrobrachium Fritzsche, 1980
• Syngnathus macrophthalmus Duncker, 1915
• Syngnathus makaxi Herald & C. E. Dawson, 1972 (Yucatan pipefish)
• Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sargassum pipefish)
• Syngnathus phlegon A. Risso, 1827 (Pelagic pipefish)
• Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855 (Nilsson's pipefish)
• Syngnathus safina Paulus, 1992
• Syngnathus schlegeli Kaup, 1856 (Seaweed pipefish)
• Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1927 (Black-Sea pelagic pipefish)
• Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) (Gulf pipefish)
• Syngnathus springeri Herald, 1942 (Bull pipefish)
• Syngnathus taenionotus Canestrini, 1871 (Darkflank pipefish)
• Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke, 1837 (Narrow-snouted pipefish)
• Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 (Broadnosed pipefish)
• Syngnathus variegatus Pallas, 1814 (Thickly snouted pipefish)
• Syngnathus watermeyeri J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (River pipefish)