Greater pipefish

Greater pipefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Syngnathus
Species:
S. acus
Binomial name
Syngnathus acus
Synonyms[3]
  • Dermatostethus punctipinnis Gill, 1862
  • Sygnathus acus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Syngnathus alternans Günther, 1870
  • Syngnathus brachyrhynchus Kaup, 1856
  • Syngnathus delalandi Kaup, 1856
  • Syngnathus rubescens Risso, 1810
  • Typhle heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810

The greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus) is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae.[2] It is a seawater fish and the type species of the genus Syngnathus.[4]

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Syngnathus acus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198765A44933898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198765A44933898.en.
  2. ^ a b Syngnathus acus at the World Register of Marine Species
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Syngnathus acus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  4. ^ "Species Syngnathus acus Linnaeus". FishWisePro. 1758. Retrieved 19 April 2020.