chain pipefish
Syngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The chain pipefish (Syngnathus louisianae) is a pipefish species. It inhabits the western Atlantic from Virginia, Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Campeche and Jamaica, but is absent from the Bahamas. It is a marine subtropical reef-associated fish, up to 38 cm length.
Wikipedia contributors, Chain pipefish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:10:01.862135+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Syngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870
- Name authority
- Günther, 1870
- Common name
- chain pipefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Syngnathus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSyngnathiformes
- familySyngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilySyngnathinae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusSyngnathus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesSyngnathus louisianae Günther, 1870
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Syngnathus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Texas pipefishSyngnathus affinis Günther, 1870 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| kelp pipefishSyngnathus californiensis Storer, 1845 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caribbean pipefishSyngnathus caribbaeus Dawson, 1979 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chocolate pipefishSyngnathus euchrous Fritzsche, 1980 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barcheek pipefishSyngnathus exilis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky pipefishSyngnathus floridae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern pipefishSyngnathus fuscus Storer, 1839 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guadalupe pipefishSyngnathus insulae Fritzsche, 1980 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yucatan pipefishSyngnathus makaxi Herald & Dawson, 1972 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syngnathus phlegon Risso, 1827 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nilsson's pipefishSyngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1928 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum., v. 8: i–xxv + 1–549. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:53WN8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.