Syngnathidae

Taxobox
name = Syngnathidae


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Ocellated pipefish, "Corythoichthys ocellatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Syngnathiformes
familia = Syngnathidae
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera
subdivision = Subfamilies
subdivision = Hippocampinae (seahorses) Syngnathinae (pipefishes)
subdivision = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes the seahorses, the pipefishes, and the weedy and leafy sea dragons. Fish of this family have the unique characteristic whereby females lay their eggs and the male then fertilizes and carries the eggs during incubation. There are a several methods for this. Male seahorses have a specialized ventral pouch to carry the eggs, male sea dragons attach the eggs to their tails, and male pipefish may do either, depending on their species. [cite web |url=http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/threatened_species/general/synganathids |publisher=NSW Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries |title=Seahorses and their relatives |accessdate=2008-06-13 ] The name is derived from Greek, meaning "fused jaw" - "syn" meaning fused or together, and "gnathus" meaning jaws. This fused jaw trait is something the entire family has in common. [Sara A. Lourie, Amanda C.J. Vincent and Heather J. Hall: "Seahorses: An Identification Guide to the World's Species and their Conversation". London: Project Seahorse, 1999]

Classification

* Subfamily Hippocampinae
** Genus "Hippocampus" (seahorses)
** Genus "Histiogamphelus"
* Subfamily Syngnathinae (pipefishes)
** Genus "Acentronura" Kaup, 1953
** Genus "Anarchopterus" Hubbs, 1935
** Genus "Apterygocampus" Weber, 1993
** Genus "Bhanotia" Hora, 1926
** Genus "Bryx" Herald, 1940
** Genus "Bulbonaricus" Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander and Woods, 1953
** Genus "Campichthys" Whitley, 1931
** Genus "Choeroichthys" Kaup, 1856
** Genus "Corythoichthys" Kaup, 1853
** Genus "Cosmocampus" Dawson, 1979
** Genus "Doryichthys" Kaup, 1953
** Genus "Doryrhamphus" Kaup, 1856
** Genus "Dunckerocampus" Whitley, 1933
** Genus "Enneacampus" Dawson, 1981
** Genus "Entelurus" Duméril, 1870
** Genus "Festucalex" Whitley, 1991
** Genus "Filicampus" Whitley, 1948
** Genus "Halicampus" Kaup, 1856
** Genus "Haliichthys" Gray, 1859
** Genus "Heraldia" Paxton, 1975
** Genus "Hippichthys" Bleeker, 1849 -- river pipefishes
** Genus "Hypselognathus" Whitley, 1948
** Genus "Ichthyocampus" Kaup, 1853
** Genus "Kaupus" Whitley, 1971
** Genus "Kimblaeus" Dawson, 1980
** Genus "Kyonemichthys" Gomon, 2007
** Genus "Leptoichthys" Kaup, 1853
** Genus "Leptonotus" Kaup, 1853
** Genus "Lissocampus" Waite and Hale, 1921
** Genus "Maroubra" Whitley, 1948
** Genus "Micrognathus" Duncker, 1912
** Genus "Microphis" Kaup, 1853 -- freshwater pipefishes
** Genus "Minyichthys" Herald and Randall, 1972
** Genus "Mitotichthys" Whitley, 1948
** Genus "Nannocampus" Günther, 1877
** Genus "Nerophis" Rafinesque, 1810
** Genus "Notiocampus" Dawson, 1979
** Genus "Penetopteryx" Lunel, 1881
** Genus "Phoxocampus" Dawson, 1977
** Genus "Phycodurus" Gill, 1896 -- leafy Sea Dragons
** Genus "Phyllopteryx" Swainson, 1839 [ITIS|ID=644854]
** Genus "Pseudophallus" Herald, 1940 -- fluvial pipefishes
** Genus "Pugnaso" Whitley, 1948
** Genus "Siokunichthys" Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander and Woods, 1953
** Genus "Solegnathus" Swainson, 1839
** Genus "Stigmatopora" Kaup, 1853
** Genus "Stipecampus" Whitley, 1948
** Genus "Syngnathoides" Bleeker, 1851
** Genus "Syngnathus" Linnaeus, 1758 -- seaweed pipefishes
** Genus "Trachyrhamphus" Kaup, 1853
** Genus "Urocampus" Günther, 1870
** Genus "Vanacampus" Whitley, 1951

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References

External links

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* [http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/threatened_species/general/synganathids Seahorses and their Relatives]