Pipefish

Pipefish
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–recent
Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Bonaparte, 1831[1]
Genera

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Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons (Phycodurus and Phyllopteryx), form the family Syngnathidae.

  1. ^ Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Syngnathinae Bonaparte, 1831". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.