NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Syngnathinae
  Family - Syngnathidae
  Suborder - Syngnathoidei
  Order - Gasterosteiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Syngnathus floridae
      Species - Syngnathus fuscus
      Species - Syngnathus louisianae
      Species - Syngnathus fistulatus
      Species - Syngnathus pelagicus
      Species - Syngnathus springeri
      Species - Syngnathus auliscus
      Species - Syngnathus californiensis
      Species - Syngnathus scovelli
      Species - Syngnathus affinis
      Species - Syngnathus euchrous
      Species - Syngnathus exilis
      Species - Syngnathus leptorhynchus
      Species - Syngnathus rostellatus
      Species - Syngnathus acus
      Species - Syngnathus caribbaeus
      Species - Syngnathus typhle
      Species - Syngnathus abaster
      Species - Syngnathus phlegon
      Species - Syngnathus schmidti
      Species - Syngnathus taenionotus
      Species - Syngnathus tenuirostris
      Species - Syngnathus variegatus
      Species - Syngnathus watermeyeri
      Species - Syngnathus dawsoni
      Species - Syngnathus makaxi
      Species - Syngnathus folletti
      Species - Syngnathus acicularis
      Species - Syngnathus carinatus
      Species - Syngnathus chorda
      Species - Syngnathus insulae
      Species - Syngnathus macrobrachium
      Species - Syngnathus macrophthalmus
      Species - Syngnathus safina
      Species - Syngnathus schlegeli