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Taxon: Genus Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758 - pipefish (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 336.

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987. Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.: 174 (Opinion 77, Direction 56).

Types

Type of: Syngnatha (Infraorder) Pietsch, 1978 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; 9 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type of: Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; 9 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type of: Syngnathinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; [<9 Feb 2024]. [inferred]
Type of: Syngnathoidea (Superfamily) Pietsch, 1978 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; 9 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type of: Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; 9 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type, by subsequent designation: Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Fowler, 1906: 93. [new]

Variants

Unavailable name: Syngnathus (Genus) nom. inval.
Unavailable name: Syngnatus (Genus) nom. inval.

Homonyms

Junior homonym: Syngnathus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: 10 Jul 2012.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Dermatostethus (Genus) Gill, 1863 Ref: PBDB: 12 Sep 2019.
Synonymous name: Siphonostoma (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: PBDB: 12 Sep 2019.
Synonymous name: Siphostoma (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: PBDB: 12 Sep 2019.
Synonymous name: Syrictes (Genus) Prell, 1936 Ref: PBDB: 12 Sep 2019.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zeenaalden

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: pipefish Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
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