Syngnathidae

Syngnathidae
Temporal range:
broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle
Scientific classification Edit this 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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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]

  1. ^ Hentschel E, Wagner G (1990). Zoologisches Wörterbuch. Tiernamen, allgemeinbiologische, anatomische, physiologische Termini und biographische Daten (4th ed.). Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
  2. ^ Lourie SA, Vincent AC, Hall HJ (1999). Seahorses: An Identification Guide to the World's Species and their Conversation. London: Project Seahorse.

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