Order: Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and seahorses)

Family: Aulostomidae (Trumpet fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Aulostomus chinensis Chinese trumpet fish
Aulostomus maculatus Trumpet fish
Aulostomus strigosus Atlantic cornet fish

Family: Centriscidae (Shrimp fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Aeoliscus punctulatus Speckled shrimp fish
Aeoliscus strigatus Razor fish
Centriscops humerosus Banded bellow fish
Centriscus cristatus Smooth razor fish
Centriscus scutatus Grooved razor fish
Macroramphosus gracilis Slender snipe fish
Macroramphosus scolopax Long-spine snipe fish
Notopogon armatus Unspecified
Notopogon fernandezianus Orange bellow fish
Notopogon lilliei Crested bellow fish
Notopogon macrosolen Long-snout bellow fish
Notopogon xenosoma Long-spine bellow fish

Family: Fistulariidae (Cornet fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Fistularia commersonii Blue-spotted cornet fish
Fistularia corneta Pacific cornet fish
Fistularia petimba Red cornet fish
Fistularia tabacaria Cornet fish

Family: Solenostomidae (Ghost pipefishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Solenostomus armatus Armoured pipefish
Solenostomus cyanopterus Ghost pipefish
Solenostomus halimeda Halimeda ghost pipefish
Solenostomus leptosoma Delicate ghost pipefish
Solenostomus paegnius Rough-snout ghost pipefish
Solenostomus paradoxus Harlequin ghost pipefish

Family: Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses)

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Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Acentronura breviperula Unspecified
Acentronura gracilissima Bastard seahorse
Acentronura tentaculata Short-pouch pygmy pipehorse
Amphelikturus dendriticus Pipehorse
Anarchopterus criniger Fringed pipefish
Anarchopterus tectus Insular pipefish
Apterygocampus epinnulatus Briarium pipefish
Bhanotia fasciolata Corrugated pipefish
Bhanotia nuda Naked pipefish
Bhanotia pauciradiata Few-rayed pipefish
Bryx analicarens Pink pipefish
Bryx dunckeri Pug-nose pipefish
Bryx randalli Unspecified
Bryx veleronis Unspecified
Bulbonaricus brauni Pug-headed pipefish
Bulbonaricus brucei Unspecified
Bulbonaricus davaoensis Davao pug-head pipefish
Campichthys galei Gale's pipefish
Campichthys nanus Unspecified
Campichthys tricarinatus Three-keel pipefish
Campichthys tryoni Tryon's pipefish
Choeroichthys brachysoma Short-bodied pipefish
Choeroichthys cinctus Barred short-bodied pipefish
Choeroichthys latispinosus Muiron pipefish
Choeroichthys sculptus Sculptured pipefish
Choeroichthys smithi Unspecified
Choeroichthys suillus Pig-snouted pipefish
Corythoichthys amplexus Brown-banded pipefish
Corythoichthys benedetto Benedetto's pipefish
Corythoichthys conspicillatus Unspecified
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus Network pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus Messmate pipefish
Corythoichthys insularis Unspecified
Corythoichthys intestinalis Scribbled pipefish
Corythoichthys nigripectus Black-breasted pipefish
Corythoichthys ocellatus Ocellated pipefish
Corythoichthys paxtoni Paxton's pipefish
Corythoichthys polynotatus Many-spotted pipefish
Corythoichthys schultzi Schultz' pipefish
Corythoichthys waitei Waite's pipefish
Cosmocampus albirostris White-nose pipefish
Cosmocampus arctus Snub-nose pipefish
Cosmocampus balli Ball's pipefish
Cosmocampus banneri Rough-ridge pipefish
Cosmocampus brachycephalus Crested pipefish
Cosmocampus coccineus Unspecified
Cosmocampus darrosanus D'Arros pipefish
Cosmocampus elucens Short-fin pipefish
Cosmocampus heraldi Unspecified
Cosmocampus hildebrandi Dwarf pipefish
Cosmocampus howensis Lord Howe pipefish
Cosmocampus investigatoris Investigator pipefish
Cosmocampus maxweberi Maxweber's pipefish
Cosmocampus profundus Deep-water pipefish
Cosmocampus retropinnis Unspecified
Doryichthys boaja Asian river pipefish
Doryichthys contiguus Unspecified
Doryichthys deokhatoides Large-spots river pipefish
Doryichthys heterosoma Sambas river pipefish
Doryichthys martensii Martens' pipefish
Doryrhamphus aurolineatus Unspecified
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus Narrow-stripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus excisus Blue-stripe pipefish
Doryrhamphus janssi Janss' pipefish
Doryrhamphus japonicus Honshu pipefish
Doryrhamphus malus Unspecified
Doryrhamphus negrosensis Negros pipefish
Dunckerocampus baldwini Red-stripe pipefish
Dunckerocampus boylei Broad-banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus chapmani Glow-tail pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus Ringed pipefish
Dunckerocampus multiannulatus Many-banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus naia Naia pipefish
Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Yellow-banded pipefish
Enneacampus ansorgii Unspecified
Enneacampus kaupi Unspecified
Entelurus aequoreus Snake pipefish
Festucalex cinctus Girdled pipefish
Festucalex erythraeus Red pipefish
Festucalex gibbsi Gibbs' pipefish
Festucalex kulbickii Kulbicki 's pipefish
Festucalex prolixus Unspecified
Festucalex scalaris Ladder pipefish
Festucalex wassi Wassa's pipefish
Filicampus tigris Tiger pipefish
Halicampus boothae Booth's pipefish
Halicampus brocki Brock's pipefish
Halicampus dunckeri Duncker's pipefish
Halicampus edmondsoni Edmondson's pipefish
Halicampus grayi Gray's pipefish
Halicampus macrorhynchus Ornate pipefish
Halicampus marquesensis Unspecified
Halicampus mataafae Samoan pipefish
Halicampus nitidus Glittering pipefish
Halicampus punctatus Starry pipefish
Halicampus spinirostris Spiny-snout pipefish
Halicampus zavorensis Zavora pipefish
Haliichthys taeniophorus Ribboned pipefish
Heraldia nocturna Upside-down pipefish
Hippichthys albomaculosus Unspecified
Hippichthys cyanospilos Blue-spotted pipefish
Hippichthys heptagonus Belly pipefish
Hippichthys parvicarinatus Short-keel pipefish
Hippichthys penicillus Beady pipefish
Hippichthys spicifer Belly-barred pipefish
Hippocampus abdominalis Big-belly seahorse
Hippocampus alatus Winged seahorse
Hippocampus algiricus West African seahorse
Hippocampus angustus Narrow-bellied seahorse
Hippocampus barbouri Barbour's seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti Pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus biocellatus False-eyed seahorse
Hippocampus borboniensis Reunion seahorse
Hippocampus breviceps Short-head seahorse
Hippocampus camelopardalis Giraffe seahorse
Hippocampus capensis Knysna seahorse
Hippocampus casscsio Beibu Bay seahorse
Hippocampus colemani Coleman's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus comes Tiger-tail seahorse
Hippocampus coronatus Unspecified
Hippocampus curvicuspis New Caledonian thorny seahorse
Hippocampus dahli Low-crown seahorse
Hippocampus debelius Soft-coral seahorse
Hippocampus denise Denise's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus erectus Lined seahorse
Hippocampus fisheri Fisher's seahorse
Hippocampus fuscus Sea pony
Hippocampus grandiceps Big-head seahorse
Hippocampus guttulatus Long-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus hendriki Eastern spiny seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus Short-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus histrix Thorny seahorse
Hippocampus ingens Pacific seahorse
Hippocampus jayakari Jayakar's seahorse
Hippocampus jugumus Collared seahorse
Hippocampus kelloggi Great seahorse
Hippocampus kuda Spotted seahorse
Hippocampus lichtensteinii Lichtenstein's seahorse
Hippocampus minotaur Bullneck seahorse
Hippocampus mohnikei Japanese seahorse
Hippocampus montebelloensis Monte Bello seahorse
Hippocampus multispinus Northern spiny seahorse
Hippocampus paradoxus Paradoxical seahorse
Hippocampus patagonicus Unspecified
Hippocampus pontohi Pontoh's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus procerus High-crown seahorse
Hippocampus pusillus Pygmy thorny seahorse
Hippocampus queenslandicus Queensland seahorse
Hippocampus reidi Long-snout seahorse
Hippocampus satomiae Satomi's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus semispinosus Half-spined seahorse
Hippocampus sindonis Dhiho's seahorse
Hippocampus spinosissimus Hedgehog seahorse
Hippocampus subelongatus West Australian seahorse
Hippocampus suezensis Egyptian seahorse
Hippocampus trimaculatus Long-nose seahorse
Hippocampus tyro Unspecified
Hippocampus waleananus Walea pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus whitei White's seahorse
Hippocampus zebra Zebra seahorse
Hippocampus zosterae Dwarf seahorse
Histiogamphelus briggsii Briggs' pipefish
Histiogamphelus cristatus Macleay's crested pipefish
Hypselognathus horridus Prickly pipefish
Hypselognathus rostratus Knife-snouted pipefish
Ichthyocampus bikiniensis Unspecified
Ichthyocampus carce Unspecified
Idiotropiscis australe Southern little pipehorse
Idiotropiscis larsonae Helen's pygmy pipehorse
Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri Sydney's pygmy pipehorse
Kaupus costatus Deep-body pipefish
Kimblaeus bassensis Trawl pipefish
Kyonemichthys rumengani Thread pipefish
Leptoichthys fistularius Brush-tailed pipefish
Leptonotus blainvilleanus Deep-bodied pipefish
Leptonotus elevatus High-body pipefish
Leptonotus norae Long-snout pipefish
Lissocampus bannwarthi Unspecified
Lissocampus caudalis Smooth pipefish
Lissocampus fatiloquus Prophet's pipefish
Lissocampus filum Short-snout pipefish
Lissocampus runa Javelin pipefish
Maroubra perserrata Saw-tooth pipefish
Maroubra yasudai Orange pipefish
Micrognathus andersonii Short-nose pipefish
Micrognathus brevicorpus Unspecified
Micrognathus brevirostris Thorn-tail pipefish
Micrognathus crinitus Banded pipefish
Micrognathus erugatus Unspecified
Micrognathus micronotopterus Tidepool pipefish
Micrognathus natans Offshore pipefish
Micrognathus pygmaeus Thorn-tailied pipefish
Microphis aculeatus Unspecified
Microphis argulus Flat-nosed pipefish
Microphis brachyurus Short-tailed pipefish
Microphis brevidorsalis Stream pipefish
Microphis caudocarinatus Slender pipefish
Microphis cruentus Dumba River pipefish
Microphis cuncalus Crocodile-tooth pipefish
Microphis deocata Deocata pipefish
Microphis dunckeri Unspecified
Microphis fluviatilis Freshwater pipefish
Microphis insularis Andaman pipefish
Microphis jagorii Unspecified
Microphis leiaspis Bar-head pipefish
Microphis lineatus Opossum pipefish
Microphis manadensis Menado pipefish
Microphis mento Unspecified
Microphis millepunctatus Short-tail pipefish
Microphis ocellatus Unspecified
Microphis pleurostictus Unspecified
Microphis retzii Ragged-tail pipefish
Microphis spinachioides Spinach pipefish
Minyichthys brachyrhinus Unspecified
Minyichthys inusitatus Unspecified
Minyichthys myersi Myers' pipefish
Minyichthys sentus Unspecified
Mitotichthys meraculus Western crested pipefish
Mitotichthys mollisoni Mollison's pipefish
Mitotichthys semistriatus Half-banded pipefish
Mitotichthys tuckeri Tucker's pipefish
Nannocampus elegans Elegant pipefish
Nannocampus lindemanensis Painted pipefish
Nannocampus pictus Reef pipefish
Nannocampus subosseus Bony-headed pipefish
Nannocampus weberi Reef-flat pipefish
Nerophis lumbriciformis Worm pipefish
Nerophis maculatus Unspecified
Nerophis ophidion Straight-nose pipefish
Notiocampus ruber Red pipefish
Penetopteryx nanus Lost pipefish
Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Oceanic pipefish
Phoxocampus belcheri Rock pipefish
Phoxocampus diacanthus Spined pipefish
Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus Trunk-barred pipefish
Phycodurus eques Leafy sea dragon
Phyllopteryx dewysea Ruby sea dragon
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Common sea dragon
Pseudophallus brasiliensis Unspecified
Pseudophallus elcapitanensis Unspecified
Pseudophallus mindii Unspecified
Pseudophallus starksii Unspecified
Pugnaso curtirostris Pug-nosed pipefish
Siokunichthys bentuviai Unspecified
Siokunichthys breviceps Soft-coral pipefish
Siokunichthys herrei Herrei's pipefish
Siokunichthys nigrolineatus Mushroom-coral pipefish
Siokunichthys southwelli Southwell's pipefish
Siokunichthys striatus New Caledonian soft-coral pipefish
Solegnathus dunckeri Dunker's pipehorse
Solegnathus hardwickii Hardwicke's pipefish
Solegnathus lettiensis Gunther's pipehorse
Solegnathus robustus Robust pipehorse
Solegnathus spinosissimus Spiny pipehorse
Stigmatopora argus Spotted pipefish
Stigmatopora macropterygia Long-snouted pipefish
Stigmatopora narinosa Southern Gulf pipefish
Stigmatopora nigra Wide-bodied pipefish
Stipecampus cristatus Ring-backed pipefish
Syngnathoides biaculeatus Alligator pipefish
Syngnathus abaster Black-striped pipefish
Syngnathus acus Greater pipefish
Syngnathus affinis Texas pipefish
Syngnathus auliscus Barred pipefish
Syngnathus californiensis Kelp pipefish
Syngnathus caribbaeus Caribbean pipefish
Syngnathus carinatus Unspecified
Syngnathus dawsoni Unspecified
Syngnathus euchrous Chocolate pipefish
Syngnathus exilis Bar-cheek pipefish
Syngnathus floridae Dusky pipefish
Syngnathus folletti Unspecified
Syngnathus fuscus Northern pipefish
Syngnathus insulae Unspecified
Syngnathus leptorhynchus Bay pipefish
Syngnathus louisianae Chain pipefish
Syngnathus macrobrachium Large-fin pipefish
Syngnathus macrophthalmus Unspecified
Syngnathus makaxi Unspecified
Syngnathus pelagicus Sargassum pipefish
Syngnathus phlegon Unspecified
Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson's pipefish
Syngnathus safina Unspecified
Syngnathus schlegeli Seaweed pipefish
Syngnathus schmidti Unspecified
Syngnathus scovelli Gulf pipefish
Syngnathus springeri Bull pipefish
Syngnathus taenionotus Unspecified
Syngnathus tenuirostris Narrow-snouted pipefish
Syngnathus typhle Broad-nosed pipefish
Syngnathus variegatus Unspecified
Syngnathus watermeyeri River pipefish
Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus Double-ended pipefish
Trachyrhamphus longirostris Straight-stick pipefish
Trachyrhamphus serratus Unspecified
Urocampus carinirostris Hairy pipefish
Urocampus nanus Barbed pipefish
Vanacampus margaritifer Mother-of-pearl pipefish
Vanacampus phillipi Port Phillip pipefish
Vanacampus poecilolaemus Unspecified
Vanacampus vercoi Verco's pipefish

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