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Syngnathidae

61 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › › Syngnathiformes › Syngnathidae

Stigmatopora argus (Richardson, 1840)

Stigmatopora argus, the spotted pipefish, is an endemic Australian syngnathid fish that feeds on small crustaceans.

Stigmatopora nigra Kaup, 1856

Stigmatopora nigra, the wide-bodied pipefish, is an ovoviviparous marine syngnathid fish found around Australia and New Zealand.

Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & Smith, 2007

Stigmatopora narinosa, the Southern Gulf pipefish, is a South Australian marine syngnathid fish that reproduces via male egg brooding.

Stigmatopora harastii Short & Trevor-Jones, 2020

Stigmatopora harastii is a species of pipefish described in 2020, found in central New South Wales, Australia.

Stipecampus cristatus (McCulloch & Waite, 1918)

The ring-backed pipefish (Stipecampus cristatus) is the only member of its genus, found off southern Australia.

Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker, 1857)

Double-ended pipefish (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) is an Indo-Pacific marine syngnathid fish where males brood eggs to give live birth.

Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856

Doryrhamphus excisus is a small pipefish species with distinct coloration, found across the Indo-Pacific in reef crevices and tidepools.

Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853)

Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus, the banded pipefish, is an Indo-Pacific pipefish with male brooding and camouflaging head growths.

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler, 1938

Dunckerocampus pessuliferus, the yellowbanded pipefish, is a Coral Triangle marine pipefish that acts as an active cleaner fish.

Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Entelurus aequoreus, the snake pipefish, is a long slender northeastern Atlantic pipefish species with distinctive physical and reproductive traits.

Leptoichthys fistularius Kaup, 1853

Leptoichthys fistularius, the brush-tailed pipefish, is the largest known pipefish species found off southern Australia.

Nerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nerophis ophidion, the straightnose pipefish, is a small seahorse relative found in European coastal waters.

Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835)

Nerophis lumbriciformis, the worm pipefish, is a small northeastern Atlantic pipefish species with reversed sex-role reproduction.

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