THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Syngnathidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Micrognathus erugatus Herald & Dawson, 1974 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micrognathus micronotopterus (Fowler, 1938) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micrognathus natans Dawson, 1982 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micrognathus pygmaeus Fritzsche, 1981 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis boaja (Bleeker, 1850) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| opossum pipefishMicrophis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis caudocarinatus (Weber, 1907) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis cruentus Dawson & Fourmanoir, 1981 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis deocata (Hamilton, 1822) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| freshwater pipefishMicrophis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis heterosoma (Bleeker, 1851) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis insularis (Hora, 1925) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barhead pipefishMicrophis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis martensii (Peters, 1868) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis pleurostictus Peters, 1868 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minyichthys brachyrhinus (Herald, 1953) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minyichthys inusitatus Dawson, 1983 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minyichthys myersi (Herald & Randall, 1972) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minyichthys sentus Dawson, 1982 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mitotichthys meraculus (Whitley, 1948) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mitotichthys mollisoni (Scott, 1955) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mitotichthys semistriatus (Kaup, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mitotichthys tuckeri (Scott, 1942) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocampus pictus (Duncker, 1915) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocampus subosseus Günther, 1870 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannocampus weberi Duncker, 1915 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| worm pipefishNerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| straight-nosed pipefishNerophis ophidion (Linnaeus, 1758) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notiocampus ruber (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| worm pipefishPenetopteryx nanus (Rosén, 1911) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Lunel, 1881 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rock pipefishPhoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phoxocampus diacanthus (Schultz, 1943) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| leafy seadragonPhycodurus eques (Günther, 1865) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ruby seadragonPhyllopteryx dewysea Stiller, Wilson & Rouse, 2015 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudophallus elcapitanensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudophallus galadrielae Dallevo-Gomes, Mattox & Toledo-Piza, 2020 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudophallus mindii (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.