Common name: Pipefishes

The order Syngnathiformes encompasses a variety of fascinating marine species known for their elongated bodies and tubular snouts. This group includes the well-loved seahorses, the gracefully camouflaged seadragons, and the slender pipefishes. Members of this order often exhibit unique breeding behaviors, with males typically responsible for carrying and birthing young. They are found in a range of marine environments, from shallow seagrass beds to deep coral reefs. Aquarium hobbyists appreciate them for their unique appearance and behaviors, but they require specialized care, including a diet of live or frozen small crustaceans and gentle water flow to thrive in captivity.

1. 
   Common name: Speckled shrimpfish

   Scientific name: Aeoliscus punctulatus
2. 
   Common name: Razorfish

   Scientific name: Aeoliscus strigatus
3. 
   Common name: Pacific trumpetfish

   Scientific name: Aulostomus chinensis
4. 
   Common name: Trumpetfish

   Scientific name: Aulostomus maculatus
5. 
   Common name: Grooved razorfish

   Scientific name: Centriscus scutatus
6. 
   Common name: Brown-banded pipefish

   Scientific name: Corythoichthys amplexus
7. 
   Common name: Network pipefish

   Scientific name: Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
8. 
   Common name: Reeftop pipefish

   Scientific name: Corythoichthys haematopterus
9. 
   Common name: Scribbled pipefish

   Scientific name: Corythoichthys intestinalis
10. 
    Common name: Black-breasted pipefish

    Scientific name: Corythoichthys nigripectus
11. 
    Common name: Schultz's pipefish

    Scientific name: Corythoichthys schultzi
12. 
    Common name: Bluestripe pipefish

    Scientific name: Doryrhamphus excisus
13. 
    Common name: Janss' pipefish

    Scientific name: Doryrhamphus janssi
14. Common name: Redstripe pipefish

    Scientific name: Dunckerocampus baldwini
15. 
    Common name: banded pipefish

    Scientific name: Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
16. 
    Common name: Many-banded pipefish

    Scientific name: Dunckerocampus multiannulatus
17. 
    Common name: Yellowbanded pipefish

    Scientific name: Dunckerocampus pessuliferus
18. Common name: Booth's pipefish

    Scientific name: Halicampus boothae
19. 
    Common name: Ornate pipefish

    Scientific name: Halicampus macrorhynchus
20. Common name: Glittering pipefish

    Scientific name: Halicampus nitidus
21. Common name: Ward's pipefish

    Scientific name: Hippichthys cyanospilos
22. Common name: Beady pipefish

    Scientific name: Hippichthys penicillus
23. 
    Common name: Blue spotted pipefish

    Scientific name: Hippichthys spicifer
24. 
    Common name: Pot-bellied seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus abdominalis
25. Common name: west african seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus algiricus
26. Common name: Western spiny seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus angustus
27. 
    Common name: Barbour's seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus barbouri
28. 
    Common name: Pygmy seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus bargibanti
29. 
    Common name: spotted seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus borboniensis
30. 
    Common name: Short-head seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus breviceps
31. 
    Common name: giraffe seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus camelopardalis
32. 
    Common name: Cape seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus capensis
33. 
    Common name: spotted seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus comes
34. 
    Common name: horned seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus coronatus
35. 
    Common name: Denise's pygmy seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus denise
36. 
    Common name: lined seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus erectus
37. 
    Common name: spotted seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus fisheri
38. 
    Common name: Sea pony

    Scientific name: Hippocampus fuscus
39. 
    Common name: Maned seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus guttulatus
40. 
    Common name: Short snouted seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus hippocampus
41. 
    Common name: Thorny seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus histrix
42. 
    Common name: Pacific seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus ingens
43. 
    Common name: Jayakar's seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus jayakari
44. 
    Common name: Great seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus kelloggi
45. 
    Common name: Sea horse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus kuda
46. Common name: Lichtenstein's Seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus lichtensteinii
47. 
    Common name: Bullneck seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus minotaur
48. 
    Common name: Japanese seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus mohnikei
49. 
    Common name: Slender seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus reidi
50. 
    Common name: crowned seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus sindonis
51. 
    Common name: Hedgehog seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus spinosissimus
52. 
    Common name: West Australian seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus subelongatus
53. 
    Common name: Flat-faced seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus trimaculatus
54. 
    Common name: White's seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus whitei
55. 
    Common name: Zebra seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus zebra
56. 
    Common name: little seahorse

    Scientific name: Hippocampus zosterae
57. 
    Common name: leafy sea dragon

    Scientific name: Phycodurus eques
58. 
    Common name: Weedy seadragon

    Scientific name: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
59. 
    Common name: Mushroom-coral pipefish

    Scientific name: Siokunichthys nigrolineatus
60. Common name: Long-tail ghostpipefish

    Scientific name: Solenostomus armatus
61. 
    Common name: Roughsnout ghost pipefish

    Scientific name: Solenostomus cyanopterus
62. 
    Common name: Ghost Pipefish

    Scientific name: Solenostomus paradoxus
63. 
    Common name: alligator pipefish

    Scientific name: Syngnathoides biaculeatus
64. 
    Common name: bay pipefish

    Scientific name: Syngnathus leptorhynchus
65. 
    Common name: Short-tailed pipefish

    Scientific name: Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus