Family
Common name: Pipefishes
Scientific name: Syngnathidae
The Syngnathidae family encompasses a fascinating group of fish known for their elongated bodies and tubular snouts. Members of this family, including seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons, exhibit unique breeding behaviors where males carry the fertilized eggs. They thrive in a variety of marine environments and can be a captivating addition to a reef aquarium. Their diet consists mainly of small crustaceans. Special care is needed to ensure they receive adequate nutrition in captivity.
- Common name: Brown-banded pipefishScientific name: Corythoichthys amplexus
- Common name: Network pipefishScientific name: Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
- Common name: Reeftop pipefishScientific name: Corythoichthys haematopterus
- Common name: Scribbled pipefishScientific name: Corythoichthys intestinalis
- Common name: Black-breasted pipefishScientific name: Corythoichthys nigripectus
- Common name: Schultz's pipefishScientific name: Corythoichthys schultzi
- Common name: Bluestripe pipefishScientific name: Doryrhamphus excisus
- Common name: Janss' pipefishScientific name: Doryrhamphus janssi
- Common name: Redstripe pipefishScientific name: Dunckerocampus baldwini
- Common name: banded pipefishScientific name: Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
- Common name: Many-banded pipefishScientific name: Dunckerocampus multiannulatus
- Common name: Yellowbanded pipefishScientific name: Dunckerocampus pessuliferus
- Common name: Booth's pipefishScientific name: Halicampus boothae
- Common name: Ornate pipefishScientific name: Halicampus macrorhynchus
- Common name: Glittering pipefishScientific name: Halicampus nitidus
- Common name: Ward's pipefishScientific name: Hippichthys cyanospilos
- Common name: Beady pipefishScientific name: Hippichthys penicillus
- Common name: Blue spotted pipefishScientific name: Hippichthys spicifer
- Common name: Pot-bellied seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus abdominalis
- Common name: west african seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus algiricus
- Common name: Western spiny seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus angustus
- Common name: Barbour's seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus barbouri
- Common name: Pygmy seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus bargibanti
- Common name: spotted seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus borboniensis
- Common name: Short-head seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus breviceps
- Common name: giraffe seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus camelopardalis
- Common name: Cape seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus capensis
- Common name: Tiger Tail SeahorseScientific name: Hippocampus comes
- Common name: horned seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus coronatus
- Common name: Denise's pygmy seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus denise
- Common name: lined seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus erectus
- Common name: spotted seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus fisheri
- Common name: Sea PonyScientific name: Hippocampus fuscus
- Common name: Long-snouted SeahorseScientific name: Hippocampus guttulatus
- Common name: Short-snouted SeahorseScientific name: Hippocampus hippocampus
- Common name: Thorny seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus histrix
- Common name: Pacific seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus ingens
- Common name: Jayakar's seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus jayakari
- Common name: Great seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus kelloggi
- Common name: Yellow SeahorseScientific name: Hippocampus kuda
- Common name: Lichtenstein's SeahorseScientific name: Hippocampus lichtensteinii
- Common name: Bullneck seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus minotaur
- Common name: Japanese seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus mohnikei
- Common name: Slender seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus reidi
- Common name: crowned seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus sindonis
- Common name: Hedgehog seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus spinosissimus
- Common name: West Australian seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus subelongatus
- Common name: Three-spot SeahorseScientific name: Hippocampus trimaculatus
- Common name: White's seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus whitei
- Common name: Zebra seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus zebra
- Common name: little seahorseScientific name: Hippocampus zosterae
- Common name: leafy sea dragonScientific name: Phycodurus eques
- Common name: Weedy seadragonScientific name: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
- Common name: Mushroom-coral pipefishScientific name: Siokunichthys nigrolineatus
- Common name: alligator pipefishScientific name: Syngnathoides biaculeatus
- Common name: bay pipefishScientific name: Syngnathus leptorhynchus
- Common name: Short-tailed pipefishScientific name: Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus