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Syngnathus

Syngnathus
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma
Oligocene to Recent
Syngnathus acus.jpg
Syngnathus acus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Syngnathus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Syngnathus acus
Linnaeus, 1758

Syngnathus is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae found in marine, brackish and sometimes fresh waters of the Alantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.Fossils of these species are found from the Oligocene to the . They are known from various localities of Greece, Italy, Germany and United States.

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:


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