| Syngnathidae Temporal range:
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| broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Superfamily: | Syngnathoidea |
| Family: | Syngnathidae Rafinesque, 1810 |
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The Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons (Phycodurus and Phyllopteryx). The name is derived from Ancient Greek: σύν (syn), meaning "together", and γνάθος (gnathos), meaning "jaw".[1] The fused jaw is one of the traits that the entire family have in common.[2]
- ^ Hentschel E, Wagner G (1990). Zoologisches Wörterbuch. Tiernamen, allgemeinbiologische, anatomische, physiologische Termini und biographische Daten (4th ed.). Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
- ^ Lourie SA, Vincent AC, Hall HJ (1999). Seahorses: An Identification Guide to the World's Species and their Conversation. London: Project Seahorse.