Black-striped pipefish

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Black-striped pipefish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Syngnathus
Species:	S. abaster
Binomial name
Syngnathus abaster A. Risso, 1826
Synonyms[2]
Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827 Syngnathus ethon Risso, 1827 Syngnathus agassiz Michahelles, 1829 Syngnathus agassizii Michahelles, 1829 Syngnathus nigrolineatus Eichwald, 1831 Syngnathus caspius Eichwald, 1831 Syngnathus bucculentus Rathke, 1837 Syngnathus anguisigola Nardo, 1847 Syngnathus flavescens Kaup, 1856 Syngnathus algeriensis Günther, 1870 Syngnathus microchirus Moreau, 1891

The black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus abaster) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from the southern Gulf of Biscay to Gibraltar, also in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. As the introduced species it is mentioned in the Caspian Sea and fresh waters of its basin.^[3]