Syngnathidae
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". The fused jaw is one of the traits that the entire family have in common.
| Syngnathidae | |
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| Alligator pipefish, Syngnathoides biaculeatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Superfamily: | Syngnathoidea |
| Family: | Syngnathidae Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
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