Syngnathiformes
| Syngnathiformes Temporal range: Santonian–Recent
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| Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) | |
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| Order: | Syngnathiformes
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| Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
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The Syngnathiformes are an order of ray-finned fish including the trumpetfish, seahorses, leafy seadragons and others.
Description
Fishes of this order typically have long bodies with small mouths. The shape of their mouth—at least, in syngnathids—allows for the ingestion of prey at close range via suction.[1]
Taxonomy
- Order Syngnathiformes
- Suborder Syngnathoidei
- Superfamily Pegasoidea
- Family Pegasidae (seamoths)
- Superfamily Syngnathoidea
- Family Solenostomidae (ghost pipefishes)
- Family Syngnathidae (pipefishes and seahorses)
- Subfamily Syngnathinae (pipefishes)
- Subfamily Hippocampinae (seahorses and pygmy pipehorses)
- Superfamily Pegasoidea
- Suborder Aulostomoidei
- Superfamily Aulostomoidea
- Family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)
- Family Fistularidae (cornetfishes)
- Superfamily Centriscoidea
- Family Macroramphosidae (snipefishes)
- Family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)
- Family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)
- Superfamily Aulostomoidea
- Suborder Syngnathoidei
Fossil families
- Family †Aulorhamphidae
- Family †Paraeoliscidae
- Suborder Syngnathoidei
- Family †Eekaulostomidae
- Superfamily Aulostomoidea
- Family †Fistularioididae
- Family †Parasynarcualidae
- Family †Urosphenidae
- Superfamily Syngnathoidea
- Family †Protosyngnathidae
- Superfamily Centriscoidea
- Family †Gerpegezhidae
- Suborder Dactylopteroidei
- Superfamily Pegasoidea
- Family †Rhamphosidae
- Superfamily Pegasoidea
Extinct genera
- †Hipposyngnathus
- †Gasteroramphosus
- †Calamostoma
- †Fistularioides
- †Aeoliscoides
- †Eekaulostomus
- †Prosolenostomus
- †Pshekhagnathus
Related pages
- Pipefish
- Seahorse
References
- ↑ Langley, Liz (26 November 2013). "Why Does the Seahorse Have Its Odd Head? Mystery Solved – News Watch". Newswatch.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013.
Other websites
- Media related to Syngnathiformes at Wikimedia Commons