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SyngnathinaeHippocampinaeSelect Genus: AcentronuraAmphelikturusAnarchopterusApterygocampusBhanotiaBryxBulbonaricusCampichthysChoeroichthysCorythoichthysCosmocampusDoryichthysDoryrhamphusDunckerocampusEnneacampusEntelurusFestucalexFilicampusHalicampusHaliichthysHeraldiaHippichthysHippocampusHistiogamphelusHypselognathusIchthyocampusIdiotropiscisKaupusKimblaeusKyonemichthysLeptoichthysLeptonotusLissocampusMaroubraMicrognathusMicrophisMinyichthysMitotichthysNannocampusNerophisNotiocampusOostethusPenetopteryxPhoxocampusPhycodurusPhyllopteryxPseudophallusPugnasoSiokunichthysSolegnathusStigmatoporaStipecampusSyngnathoidesSyngnathusTrachyrhamphusUrocampusVanacampusSelect Ocean marinebrackish or Continent freshwater:Fraser-Brunner Whitley, 1949 Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Acentronura breviperula No picture foundAcentronura gracilissimaBastard seahorse Photo by Brett, O.J. Günther, 1870 Photo by Brett, O.J. Acentronura tentaculataShortpouch pygmy pipehorse Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, CanadaBarbour, 1905 Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, CanadaAmphelikturus dendriticusPipehorse Photo by Johnson, L.Bean Dresel, 1884 Photo by Johnson, L.Anarchopterus crinigerFringed pipefish Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.Dawson, 1978 Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.Anarchopterus tectusInsular pipefish Photo by Allen, G.R.Weber, 1913 Photo by Allen, G.R.Apterygocampus epinnulatusBriarium pipfish Photo by Satapoomin, U.Max. Length 3.2 cm SLBhanotia pauciradiataFew-rayed pipefish Photo by FAODuncker, 1915 Photo by FAOBryx analicarensPink pipefish Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, CanadaMetzelaar, 1919 Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, CanadaBryx dunckeriPugnose pipefish No picture foundBryx randalli Photo by Allen, G.R.Herald, 1940 Photo by Allen, G.R.Bryx veleronis No picture foundMax. Length 4.5 cm SLBulbonaricus brucei Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Herald, 1953 Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Bulbonaricus davaoensisDavao pughead pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 5.4 cm SLCampichthys galeiGales pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 2.5 cm SLCampichthys nanus No picture foundMax. Length 4.4 cm SLCampichthys tricarinatusThree-keel pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 7.2 cm SLCampichthys tryoniTryons pipefish Photo by Johnson, S.Max. Length 6.8 cm SLChoeroichthys suillusPig-snouted pipefish Photo by Steene, R.Dawson Randall, 1975 Photo by Steene, R.Corythoichthys amplexusBrown-banded pipefish Photo by Erdmann, M.V.Allen Erdmann, 2008 Photo by Erdmann, M.V.Corythoichthys benedettoBenedettos pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 11.3 cm TLCorythoichthys conspicillatus Photo by Rusconi, G.Rüppell, 1838 Photo by Rusconi, G.Corythoichthys flavofasciatusNetwork pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Corythoichthys haematopterusMessmate pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 10 cm SLCorythoichthys insularis Photo by Randall, J.E.Corythoichthys intestinalisScribbled pipefish Photo by Field, R.Herald, 1953 Photo by Field, R.Corythoichthys nigripectusBlack-breasted pipefish Photo by Greenfield, J.Herald, 1953 Photo by Greenfield, J.Corythoichthys ocellatusOcellated pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 13.4 cm SLCorythoichthys paxtoniPaxtons pipefish Photo by Tonozuka, T.Dawson, 1977 Photo by Tonozuka, T.Corythoichthys polynotatusMany-spotted pipefish Photo by Field, R.Corythoichthys schultziSchultzs pipefish Photo by Sampaio, C.L.S.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Sampaio, C.L.S.Cosmocampus albirostrisWhitenose pipefish Photo by Robertson, R.Jenkins Evermann, 1889 Photo by Robertson, R.Cosmocampus arctusSnubnose pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 12 cm TLCosmocampus balliBalls pipe fish Photo by Randall, J.E.Herald Randall, 1972 Photo by Randall, J.E.Cosmocampus banneriRoughridge pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 10 cm TLCosmocampus brachycephalusCrested pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 12.6 cm SLCosmocampus coccineus No picture foundMax. Length 7.4 cm SLCosmocampus darrosanusDArros pipefish Photo by Figueiredo, J.L.Menezes, N.A.Poey, 1868 Photo by Figueiredo, J.L.Menezes, N.A.Cosmocampus elucensShortfin pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 7 cm SLCosmocampus heraldi No picture foundMax. Length 10 cm TLCosmocampus hildebrandiDwarf pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Cosmocampus howensisLord Howe pipefish Photo by Allen, G.R.Hora, 1926 Photo by Allen, G.R.Cosmocampus investigatorisInvestigator pipefish Photo by Winterbottom, R.Whitley, 1933 Photo by Winterbottom, R.Cosmocampus maxweberiMaxwebers pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 20 cm TLCosmocampus profundusDeepwater pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 5.2 cm SLCosmocampus retropinnis Photo by Busson, F.Bleeker, 1850 Photo by Busson, F.Doryichthys boaja Photo by WWF Vidthayanon, C.Kottelat, 2000 Photo by WWF Vidthayanon, C.Doryichthys contiguus Photo by JJPhotoDoryichthys deokhatoides Photo by Muchlisin, Z.A.Bleeker, 1851 Photo by Muchlisin, Z.A.Doryichthys heterosoma Photo by Panitvong, N.Peters, 1868 Photo by Panitvong, N.Doryichthys martensii Photo by Randall, J.E.Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Photo by Bourjon, P.Dawson, 1981 Photo by Bourjon, P.Doryrhamphus bicarinatusNarrowstripe pipefish Photo by Field, R.Dawson, 1981 Photo by Field, R.Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus Photo by Randall, J.E.Indo-Pacific and Eastern Max. Length 7 cm TLKaup, 1856 Photo by Randall, J.E.Doryrhamphus excisus excisusBluestripe pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 3.9 cm SLDoryrhamphus excisus paulus Photo by Thuaibah Tanzil, J.I.Herald Randall, 1972 Photo by Thuaibah Tanzil, J.I.Doryrhamphus janssiJanss pipefish Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.Araga Yoshino, 1975 Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.Doryrhamphus japonicusHonshu pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 6.2 cm SLDoryrhamphus malusMasthead Island pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 4.7 cm SLDoryrhamphus negrosensisNegros pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Herald Randall, 1972 Photo by Randall, J.E.Dunckerocampus baldwiniRedstripe pipefish Photo by Allen, G.R.Kuiter, 1998 Photo by Allen, G.R.Dunckerocampus boyleiBroad-banded Pipefish Photo by Bajol, R.Herald, 1953 Photo by Bajol, R.Dunckerocampus chapmaniGlowtail pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Dunckerocampus dactyliophorusRinged pipefish Photo by Field, R.Regan, 1903 Photo by Field, R.Dunckerocampus multiannulatusMany-banded pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 12.0 cm SLDunckerocampus naiaNaia pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Dunckerocampus pessuliferusYellowbanded pipefish Photo by AquaNetEnneacampus ansorgii Photo by MNHNBleeker, 1863 Photo by MNHNEnneacampus kaupi Photo by Henry, M.Linnaeus, 1758 Photo by Henry, M.Entelurus aequoreusSnake pipefish No picture foundFestucalex kulbickiiKulbickis pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 7.4 cm SLFestucalex wassiWass pipefish Photo by Banks, I.Eastern Indian Ocean and Max. Length 29.6 cm SLCastelnau, 1879 Photo by Banks, I.Filicampus tigrisTiger pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Halicampus boothaeBooth;s pipefish Photo by Steene, R.Herald, 1953 Photo by Steene, R.Halicampus brockiBrocks pipefish Photo by Brett, O.J. Chabanaud, 1929 Photo by Brett, O.J. Halicampus dunckeriDunckers pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Pietschmann, 1928 Photo by Randall, J.E.Halicampus edmondsoniEdmondsons pipefish Photo by Allen, G.R.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Allen, G.R.Halicampus grayiGrays pipefish Photo by Greenfield, J.Bamber, 1915 Photo by Greenfield, J.Halicampus macrorhynchusOrnate pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 7 cm SLHalicampus marquesensis Photo by Shao, K.T.Jordan Seale, 1906 Photo by Shao, K.T.Halicampus mataafaeSamoan pipefish Photo by Allen, G.R.Günther, 1873 Photo by Allen, G.R.Halicampus nitidusGlittering pipefish Photo by Suzuki, T.Kamohara, 1952 Photo by Suzuki, T.Halicampus punctatusStarry pipefish Photo by Henke, M.Dawson Allen, 1981 Photo by Henke, M.Halicampus spinirostrisSpinysnout pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 10 cm TLHalicampus zavorensisZavora pipefish Photo by DeCloux, R.Gray, 1859 Photo by DeCloux, R.Haliichthys taeniophorusRibboned pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 9.2 cm SLHeraldia nocturnaUpside-down pipefish No picture foundHippichthys albomaculosus Photo by Erdmann, M.V.Bleeker, 1854 Photo by Erdmann, M.V.Hippichthys cyanospilosBlue-spotted pipefish Photo by FAOHippichthys heptagonusBelly pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 8.2 cm SLHippichthys parvicarinatusShort-keel pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Hippichthys penicillusBeady pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Hippichthys spiciferBellybarred pipefish Photo by Lourie, S.A.Lesson, 1827 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus abdominalisBig-belly seahorse Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.Kuiter, 2001 Photo by Zuberbuhler, T.Hippocampus alatusWinged seahorse Photo by Wirtz, P.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Wirtz, P.Hippocampus algiricusWest African seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Günther, 1870 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus angustusNarrow-bellied seahorse Photo by Allen, G.R.Jordan Richardson, 1908 Photo by Allen, G.R.Hippocampus barbouriBarbours seahorse Photo by Brett, O.J. Whitley, 1970 Photo by Brett, O.J. Hippocampus bargibantiPygmy seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 10.8 cm OTHippocampus biocellatusFalse-eyed seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Duméril, 1870 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus borboniensisRéunion seahorse Photo by Good, P.Peters, 1869 Photo by Good, P.Hippocampus brevicepsShort-head seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Bianconi, 1854 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus camelopardalisGiraffe seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Boulenger, 1900 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus capensisKnysna seahorse Photo by Steene, R.Kuiter, 2003 Photo by Steene, R.Hippocampus colemaniColemans pygmy seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Cantor, 1849 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus comesTiger tail seahorse Photo by Suzuki, T.Temminck Schlegel, 1850 Photo by Suzuki, T.Hippocampus coronatus Photo by Bajol, R.Fricke, 2004 Photo by Bajol, R.Hippocampus curvicuspisNew Caledonian thorny seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 2.4 cm SLHippocampus debeliusSoftcoral seahorse Photo by Brett, O.J. Lourie Randall, 2003 Photo by Brett, O.J. Hippocampus deniseDenises pygmy seahorse Photo by Figueiredo, J.L.Menezes, N.A.Perry, 1810 Photo by Figueiredo, J.L.Menezes, N.A.Hippocampus erectusLined seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Jordan Evermann, 1903 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus fisheriFishers seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Rüppell, 1838 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus fuscusSea pony No picture foundMax. Length 10.5 cm OTHippocampus grandicepsBig-head seahorse Photo by Patzner, R.Hippocampus guttulatusLong-snouted seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 10.4 cm OTHippocampus hendrikiEastern spiny seahorse Photo by Neto, G.Hippocampus hippocampusShort snouted seahorse Photo by Bednarzik, J.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Bednarzik, J.Hippocampus histrixThorny seahorse Photo by Lavan, J.Girard, 1858 Photo by Lavan, J.Hippocampus ingensPacific seahorse Photo by Randall, J.E.Boulenger, 1900 Photo by Randall, J.E.Hippocampus jayakariJayakars seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 4.4 cm OTHippocampus jugumusCollared seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Jordan Snyder, 1901 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus kelloggiGreat seahorse Photo by Greenfield, J.Bleeker, 1852 Photo by Greenfield, J.Hippocampus kudaSpotted seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus lichtensteiniiLichtensteins Seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Gomon, 1997 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus minotaurBullneck seahorse Photo by Marine Conservation Cambodia MCCBleeker, 1853 Photo by Marine Conservation Cambodia MCCHippocampus mohnikeiJapanese seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 7.8 cm OTHippocampus montebelloensisMonte Bello seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 14 cm OTHippocampus multispinusNorthern spiny seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 6.5 cm SLHippocampus paradoxusParadoxical seahorse Photo by Díaz de Astarloa, J.M.Piacentino Luzzatto, 2004 Photo by Díaz de Astarloa, J.M.Hippocampus patagonicus Photo by Winkel, D.Lourie Kuiter, 2008 Photo by Winkel, D.Hippocampus pontohiPontohs pygmy seahorse Photo by Banks, I.Kuiter, 2001 Photo by Banks, I.Hippocampus procerusHigh-crown seahorse No picture foundHippocampus pusillusPygmy thorny seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 11.6 cm OTHippocampus queenslandicusQueensland seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Ginsburg, 1933 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus reidiLongsnout seahorse Photo by Henke, M.Lourie Kuiter, 2008 Photo by Henke, M.Hippocampus satomiaeSatomis pygmy seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 18 cm OTHippocampus semispinosusHalf-spined seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus sindonisShihos seahorse Photo by Marine Conservation Cambodia MCCWeber, 1913 Photo by Marine Conservation Cambodia MCCHippocampus spinosissimusHedgehog seahorse Photo by Maddern, M.Castelnau, 1873 Photo by Maddern, M.Hippocampus subelongatusWest Australian seahorse Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Duncker, 1940 Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Hippocampus suezensisEgyptian seahorse Photo by Marine Conservation Cambodia MCCLeach, 1814 Photo by Marine Conservation Cambodia MCCHippocampus trimaculatusLongnose seahorse Photo by Randall, J.E.Randall Lourie, 2009 Photo by Randall, J.E.Hippocampus tyro Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Gomon Kuiter, 2009 Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Hippocampus waleananusWalea pygmy seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Bleeker, 1855 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus whiteiWhites seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Whitley, 1964 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus zebraZebra seahorse Photo by Lourie, S.A.Jordan Gilbert, 1882 Photo by Lourie, S.A.Hippocampus zosteraeDwarf seahorse No picture foundMax. Length 22.5 cm SLHistiogamphelus briggsiiBriggs pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 26.5 cm SLHistiogamphelus cristatusMacleays crested pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 27.3 cm SLHypselognathus horridusPrickly pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 30.5 cm SLHypselognathus rostratusKnife-snouted pipefish No picture foundIchthyocampus carce No picture foundIdiotropiscis lumnitzeriSydneys pygmy pipehorse No picture foundMax. Length 12.9 cm SLKaupus costatusDeepbody pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 16 cm SLKimblaeus bassensisTrawl pipefish Photo by Adams, M.J.Gomon, 2007 Photo by Adams, M.J.Kyonemichthys rumenganiThread pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 63 cm SLLeptoichthys fistulariusBrush-tailed pipefish Photo by Galvez, M.E.Eydoux Gervais, 1837 Photo by Galvez, M.E.Leptonotus blainvilleanusDeep-bodied pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 14.9 cm SLLeptonotus elevatusPipefish No picture foundMax. Length 21.5 cm SLLeptonotus noraeLongsnout pipefish No picture foundLissocampus runaJavelin pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 7.2 cm SLMaroubra perserrataSawtooth pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 16.1 cm SLMaroubra yasudaiOrange pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Max. Length 6 cm TLMicrognathus pygmaeusThorntailed pipefish Photo by JJPhotoKaup, 1856 Photo by JJPhotoMicrophis aculeatus Photo by Keith, P.Peters, 1855 Photo by Keith, P.Microphis argulusFlat-nosed pipepfish Photo by Pöllabauer, C.Microphis brachyurusShort-tailed pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 11.5 cm SLMicrophis brevidorsalisStream pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 6.8 cm SLMicrophis caudocarinatusSlender pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 15.5 cm SLMicrophis cruentusDumbéa river pipefish Photo by Mahalder, B.Microphis cuncalusCrocodile-tooth pipefish Photo by AquaristikhausHamilton, 1822 Photo by AquaristikhausMicrophis deocataDeocata pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 12 cm SLMicrophis dunckeri Photo by SFSAPeters, 1852 Photo by SFSAMicrophis fluviatilisFreshwater pipefish Photo by Shao, K.T.Microphis leiaspisBarhead pipefish Photo by Figueiredo, J.L.Menezes, N.A.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Figueiredo, J.L.Menezes, N.A.Microphis lineatusOpossum pipefish Photo by Shao, K.T.Bleeker, 1856 Photo by Shao, K.T.Microphis manadensisMenado pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 15 cm SLMicrophis mento Photo by Keith, P.Kaup, 1856 Photo by Keith, P.Microphis millepunctatusShorttail pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 12.5 cm SLMicrophis ocellatus No picture foundMax. Length 15 cm SLMicrophis pleurostictus Photo by Appleby, C.Bleeker, 1856 Photo by Appleby, C.Microphis retziiRagged-tail pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 15 cm SLMicrophis spinachioidesSpinach pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 4.6 cm SLMinyichthys brachyrhinus No picture foundMinyichthys inusitatus No picture foundMax. Length 6 cm TLMinyichthys myersiMyers pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 6 cm TLMinyichthys sentus No picture foundMax. Length 22.2 cm SLMitotichthys meraculusWestern crested pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 15.9 cm SLMitotichthys mollisoniMollisons pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 26.8 cm SLMitotichthys semistriatusHalf-banded pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 15.9 cm SLMitotichthys tuckeriTuckers pipefish Photo by SFSASmith, 1953 Photo by SFSANannocampus elegansElegant pipefish No picture foundEastern Indian Ocean and Nannocampus lindemanensisPainted pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 10 cm TLNannocampus pictusReef pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 9.1 cm SLNannocampus subosseusBony-headed pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 10 cm TLNannocampus weberiReef-flat pipefish Photo by Svensen, E.Nerophis ophidionStraightnose pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 16.4 cm SLNotiocampus ruberRed pipefish No picture foundOostethus insularisAndaman pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 16 cm SLOostethus jagorii Photo by Smith, D.G.Rosén, 1911 Photo by Smith, D.G.Penetopteryx nanusLost pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 7.3 cm SLPenetopteryx taeniocephalusOceanic pipefish Photo by Randall, J.E.Phoxocampus belcheriRock pipefish Photo by Wass, R.C.Schultz, 1943 Photo by Wass, R.C.Phoxocampus diacanthusSpined pipefish Photo by Allen, G.R.Bleeker, 1858 Photo by Allen, G.R.Phoxocampus tetrophthalmusTrunk-barred pipefish Photo by Maddern, M.Günther, 1865 Photo by Maddern, M.Phycodurus equesLeafy seadragon Photo by Good, P.Lacepède, 1804 Photo by Good, P.Phyllopteryx taeniolatusCommon seadragon Photo by Molina, A.Pseudophallus starksii Photo by Good, P.Castelnau, 1872 Photo by Good, P.Pugnaso curtirostrisPug-nosed pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 6.1 cm SLSiokunichthys bentuviaiBarred xenia-pipefish Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Smith, 1963 Photo by Ryanskiy, A.Siokunichthys brevicepsSoftcoral pipefish No picture foundMax. Length 9.3 cm SLSiokunichthys striatusNew Caledonian soft-coral pipefish No picture foundSolegnathus dunckeriDunkers pipehorse Photo by Shao, K.T.Gray, 1830 Photo by Shao, K.T.Solegnathus hardwickiiHardwickes pipefish No picture foundSolegnathus lettiensisGünthers pipehorse No picture foundMax. Length 35 cm TLSolegnathus robustusRobust pipehorse 298 Species of Family SyngnathidaePipefishes and seahorsesAcentronura breviperula East Indian Ocean5 TL1850Acentronura gracilissima Bastard seahorseWestern Pacific1870Indo-West Pacific6.3 TL1905Amphelikturus dendriticus PipehorseWestern Atlantic7.5 TL1884Anarchopterus criniger Fringed pipefishWestern Atlantic10 TL1978Western Atlantic12.5 TL1913Apterygocampus epinnulatus Briarium pipfishWestern Central Pacific3 SL1870Western Central Pacific3.2 SL1915Bryx analicarens Pink pipefishWestern Indian Ocean12.5 SL1919Western Atlantic7.5 TL1965Bryx randalli Western Atlantic1940Bryx veleronis Eastern Pacific6 SL1978Indo-West Pacific4.3 SL1909Campichthys galei Gales pipefishEastern Indian Ocean5.4 SL1977Campichthys nanus Western Indian Ocean2.5 SL1977Campichthys tricarinatus Three-keel pipefishWestern Central Pacific4.4 SL1890Campichthys tryoni Tryons pipefishWestern Central Pacific7.2 SL1855Western Central Pacific6.8 SL1975Corythoichthys amplexus Brown-banded pipefishIndo-West Pacific10 SL2008Corythoichthys benedetto Benedettos pipefishIndo-West Pacific6.8 SL1842Corythoichthys conspicillatus Pacific Ocean11.3 TL1838Indo-Pacific12 TL1851Corythoichthys haematopterus Messmate pipefishIndo-Pacific19.8 SL1977Corythoichthys insularis Western Indian Ocean10 SL1881Corythoichthys intestinalis Scribbled pipefishWestern Central Pacific16 SL1953Corythoichthys nigripectus Black-breasted pipefishIndo-Pacific11 SL1953Corythoichthys ocellatus Ocellated pipefishWestern Central Pacific10.3 SL1977Corythoichthys paxtoni Paxtons pipefishWestern Pacific13.4 SL1977Western Central Pacific16 TL1953Corythoichthys schultzi Schultzs pipefishIndo-Pacific16 TL1856Western Atlantic20 TL1889Cosmocampus arctus Snubnose pipefishEastern Pacific12 TL1925Cosmocampus balli Balls pipe fishEastern Central Pacific12 TL1972Cosmocampus banneri Roughridge pipefishIndo-West Pacific5.8 SL1868Western Atlantic10 TL1940Cosmocampus coccineus Eastern Pacific12.6 SL1975Cosmocampus darrosanus DArros pipefishIndo-West Pacific7.4 SL1868Western Atlantic15 TL1980Cosmocampus heraldi Southeast Pacific7 SL1965Cosmocampus hildebrandi Dwarf pipefishWestern Atlantic10 TL1948Cosmocampus howensis Lord Howe pipefishIndo-Pacific9.5 SL1926Cosmocampus investigatoris Investigator pipefishIndo-West Pacific7.2 SL1933Cosmocampus maxweberi Maxwebers pipefishIndo-Pacific10 TL1965Cosmocampus profundus Deepwater pipefishWestern Atlantic20 TL1982Cosmocampus retropinnis Eastern Atlantic5.2 SL1850Doryichthys boaja Asia41 SL2000Doryichthys contiguus Asia11.0 SL1854Doryichthys deokhatoides Asia18.5 SL1851Doryichthys heterosoma Asia34 SL1868Doryichthys martensii Asia15 SL1994Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Western Indian Ocean3.5 SL1981Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Narrowstripe pipefishWestern Indian Ocean8 TL1981Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus Western Indian Ocean4.3 SL1856Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Bluestripe pipefishIndo-Pacific and Eastern 7 TL1980Doryrhamphus excisus paulus Eastern Central Pacific3.9 SL1972Doryrhamphus janssi Janss pipefishWestern Central Pacific14 TL1975Doryrhamphus japonicus Honshu pipefishWestern Pacific8.5 TL1954Doryrhamphus malus Masthead Island pipefishWestern Pacific6.2 SL1934Doryrhamphus negrosensis Negros pipefishWestern Pacific4.7 SL1972Dunckerocampus baldwini Redstripe pipefishIndo-Pacific14 SL1998Dunckerocampus boylei Broad-banded PipefishIndian Ocean16 TL1953Dunckerocampus chapmani Glowtail pipefishSouthwest Pacific8.5 SL1853Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus Ringed pipefishIndo-Pacific19 TL1903Western Indian Ocean19 TL2004Dunckerocampus naia Naia pipefishPacific Ocean12.0 SL1938Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Yellowbanded pipefishWestern Central Pacific16 TL1910Enneacampus kaupi Africa20 TL1758Entelurus aequoreus Snake pipefishEastern Atlantic60 TL1882Festucalex kulbickii Kulbickis pipefishFestucalex wassi Wass pipefishWestern Central Pacific7.4 SL1879Eastern Indian Ocean and 29.6 SL1964Halicampus boothae Booth;s pipefishWestern Indian Ocean17.5 SL1953Halicampus brocki Brocks pipefishHalicampus dunckeri Dunckers pipefishIndo-West Pacific15 TL1928Halicampus edmondsoni Edmondsons pipefishEastern Central Pacific9.4 SL1856Halicampus grayi Grays pipefishIndo-West Pacific20 SL1915Indo-West Pacific18 TL1984Halicampus marquesensis Eastern Central Pacific7 SL1906Halicampus mataafae Samoan pipefishIndo-Pacific14 TL1873Halicampus nitidus Glittering pipefishWestern Pacific7.3 SL1952Halicampus punctatus Starry pipefishNorthwest Pacific17 TL1981Halicampus spinirostris Spinysnout pipefishIndo-Pacific12 TL1984Halicampus zavorensis Zavora pipefishWestern Indian Ocean10 TL1859Indo-Pacific30 TL1975Heraldia nocturna Upside-down pipefishEastern Indian Ocean9.2 SL2010Hippichthys albomaculosus Oceania1854Hippichthys cyanospilos Blue-spotted pipefishIndo-Pacific16 SL1849Hippichthys heptagonus Belly pipefishAfrica, Asia and Oceania15 SL1978Hippichthys parvicarinatus Short-keel pipefishOceania8.2 SL1849Hippichthys penicillus Beady pipefishIndo-West Pacific18 SL1838Hippichthys spicifer Bellybarred pipefishIndo-Pacific18 TL1827Southwest Pacific35 OT2001Hippocampus alatus Winged seahorseIndo-West Pacific13.6 OT1856Hippocampus algiricus West African seahorseEastern Central Atlantic19.2 OT1870Hippocampus angustus Narrow-bellied seahorseEastern Indian Ocean22 TL1908Hippocampus barbouri Barbours seahorseWestern Central Pacific15 OT1970Indo-West Pacific2.4 OT2001Hippocampus biocellatus False-eyed seahorseEastern Indian Ocean10.8 OT1870Hippocampus borboniensis Réunion seahorseWestern Indian Ocean14 OT1869Indo-Pacific15 TL1854Hippocampus camelopardalis Giraffe seahorseWestern Indian Ocean10 TL1900Southeast Atlantic12.1 OT2003Hippocampus colemani Colemans pygmy seahorsePasific Ocean2.7 SL1849Western Central Pacific18.7 OT1850Hippocampus coronatus Northwest Pacific10.8 SL2004Hippocampus curvicuspis New Caledonian thorny seahorseWestern Pacific9.8 SL2009Red Sea2.4 SL2003Western Pacific2.4 SL1810Western Atlantic19 OT1903Western Pacific8 OT1838Indian Ocean14.4 OT2001Hippocampus grandiceps Big-head seahorseWestern Central Pacific10.5 OT1829Hippocampus guttulatus Long-snouted seahorseEastern Atlantic21.5 SL2001Hippocampus hendriki Eastern spiny seahorseWestern Central Pacific10.4 OT1758Hippocampus hippocampus Short snouted seahorseEastern Atlantic15 TL1856Indo-Pacific17 TL1858Hippocampus ingens Pacific seahorseEastern Pacific30 TL1900Hippocampus jayakari Jayakars seahorseWestern Indian Ocean14 OT2001Hippocampus jugumus Collared seahorseSouthwest Pacific4.4 OT1901Hippocampus kelloggi Great seahorseIndo-West Pacific28 OT1852Hippocampus kuda Spotted seahorseIndo-Pacific30 TL1856Hippocampus lichtensteinii Lichtensteins SeahorseWestern Indian Ocean4 OT1997Hippocampus minotaur Bullneck seahorseSouthwest Pacific5 OT1853Hippocampus mohnikei Japanese seahorseWestern Pacific8 OT2001Hippocampus montebelloensis Monte Bello seahorseEastern Indian Ocean7.8 OT2001Hippocampus multispinus Northern spiny seahorseWestern Central Pacific14 OT2010Eastern Indian Ocean6.5 SL2004Hippocampus patagonicus Southwest Atlantic2008South East Asia1.7 SL2001Hippocampus procerus High-crown seahorseWestern Central Pacific11 OT2004Hippocampus pusillus Pygmy thorny seahorseWestern Pacific2001Hippocampus queenslandicus Queensland seahorseWestern Central Pacific11.6 OT1933Western Atlantic17.5 OT2008Hippocampus satomiae Satomis pygmy seahorseSouth East Asia1.4 SL2001Hippocampus semispinosus Half-spined seahorseWestern Central Pacific18 OT1901Northwest Pacific8 OT1913Hippocampus spinosissimus Hedgehog seahorseIndo-Pacific17.2 OT1873Hippocampus subelongatus West Australian seahorseEastern Indian Ocean20 OT1940Hippocampus suezensis Egyptian seahorseWestern Indian Ocean27.5 TL1814Hippocampus trimaculatus Longnose seahorseIndo-Pacific22 TL2009Hippocampus tyro Western Indian Ocean6.1 TL2009Hippocampus waleananus Walea pygmy seahorseAsia1.8 SL1855Southwest Pacific13 OT1964Hippocampus zebra Zebra seahorseWestern Central Pacific8 OT1882Western Atlantic5 TL1914Histiogamphelus briggsii Briggs pipefishEastern Indian Ocean22.5 SL1881Histiogamphelus cristatus Macleays crested pipefishEastern Indian Ocean26.5 SL1982Hypselognathus horridus Prickly pipefishEastern Indian Ocean27.3 SL1921Hypselognathus rostratus Knife-snouted pipefishEastern Indian Ocean30.5 SL1953Ichthyocampus carce Indo-West Pacific15 1921Southwestern Pacific5.5 TL1921Kaupus costatus Deepbody pipefishEastern Indian Ocean12.9 SL1980Kimblaeus bassensis Trawl pipefishEastern Indian Ocean16 SL2007Kyonemichthys rumengani Thread pipefishIndo-West Pacific2.7 TL1853Leptoichthys fistularius Brush-tailed pipefishEastern Indian Ocean63 SL1837Leptonotus blainvilleanus Deep-bodied pipefishSoutheast Pacific and Sou25 SL1872Leptonotus elevatus PipefishSouthwest Pacific14.9 SL1910Leptonotus norae Longsnout pipefishSouthwest Pacific21.5 SL1915Eastern Indian Ocean9.4 SL1948Maroubra perserrata Sawtooth pipefishEastern Indian Ocean7.2 SL1983Maroubra yasudai Orange pipefishNorthwest Pacific16.1 SL1858Pacific Ocean6 TL1856Microphis aculeatus Africa20 SL1855Microphis argulus Flat-nosed pipepfishWestern Indian Ocean15 SL1854Microphis brachyurus Short-tailed pipefishAsia and Oceania22 SL1913Microphis brevidorsalis Stream pipefishAsia and Oceania11.5 SL1907Microphis caudocarinatus Slender pipefishAsia6.8 SL1981Microphis cruentus Dumbéa river pipefishOceania15.5 SL1822Microphis cuncalus Crocodile-tooth pipefishAsia17.5 SL1822Microphis deocata Deocata pipefishAsia15 SL1929Microphis dunckeri Asia12 SL1852Microphis fluviatilis Freshwater pipefishAfrica21 TL1854Microphis leiaspis Barhead pipefishAfrica19 SL1856Microphis lineatus Opossum pipefishWestern Atlantic95 TL1856Microphis manadensis Menado pipefishAsia and Oceania20 SL1856Microphis mento Asia15 SL1856Microphis millepunctatus Shorttail pipefishWestern Indian Ocean22 TL1910Microphis ocellatus Asia12.5 SL1868Microphis pleurostictus Asia15 SL1856Microphis retzii Ragged-tail pipefishAsia and Oceania14.5 SL1915Microphis spinachioides Spinach pipefishOceania15 SL1953Minyichthys brachyrhinus Eastern Indian Ocean4.6 SL1983Minyichthys inusitatus Western Central Atlantic1972Minyichthys myersi Myers pipefishIndo-West Pacific6 TL1982Minyichthys sentus Eastern Atlantic6 TL1948Mitotichthys meraculus Western crested pipefishEastern Indian Ocean22.2 SL1955Mitotichthys mollisoni Mollisons pipefishEastern Indian Ocean15.9 SL1856Mitotichthys semistriatus Half-banded pipefishEastern Indian Ocean26.8 SL1942Mitotichthys tuckeri Tuckers pipefishSouthwest Pacific15.9 SL1953Nannocampus elegans Elegant pipefishWestern Indian Ocean12 TL1948Nannocampus lindemanensis Painted pipefishEastern Indian Ocean and 1915Nannocampus pictus Reef pipefishIndo-West Pacific10 TL1870Nannocampus subosseus Bony-headed pipefishEastern Indian Ocean9.1 SL1915Nannocampus weberi Reef-flat pipefishWestern Central Pacific10 TL1835Eastern Atlantic30 TL1886Notiocampus ruber Red pipefishEastern Indian Ocean16.4 SL1925Oostethus insularis Andaman pipefishAsia1868Oostethus jagorii Asia16 SL1911Penetopteryx nanus Lost pipefishWestern Central Atlantic3.2 SL1881Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Oceanic pipefishIndo-Pacific7.3 SL1856Phoxocampus belcheri Rock pipefishIndo-West Pacific7.2 SL1943Phoxocampus diacanthus Spined pipefishIndo-Pacific8.7 SL1858Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus Trunk-barred pipefishWestern Central Pacific8 TL1865Eastern Indian Ocean35 TL1804Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Common seadragonEastern Indian Ocean46 TL1914Pseudophallus starksii Central and South America17.6 SL1872Pugnaso curtirostris Pug-nosed pipefishEastern Indian Ocean18.2 SL1966Western Pacific9.3 SL1927Solegnathus dunckeri Dunkers pipehorseWestern Pacific1830Solegnathus hardwickii Hardwickes pipefishWestern Indian Ocean40 TL1860Solegnathus lettiensis Günthers pipehorseEastern Indian Ocean1911Solegnathus robustus Robust pipehorse 