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Syngnathus fistulatus  Peters, 1868
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166453

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): pivothead pipefish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderGasterosteiformes  – pipefishes, sticklebacks  
                               SuborderSyngnathoidei  – pipefishes, seahorses, hippocampes  
                                  FamilySyngnathidae  – pipefishes, seahorses, hippocampes, peces pipa y caballitos de mar  
                                     SubfamilySyngnathinae   
                                        GenusSyngnathus Linnaeus, 1758 – seaweed pipefishes  
                                           SpeciesSyngnathus fistulatus Peters, 1868 – pivothead pipefish  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 25-Mar-2013, website (version 25-Mar-13)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp   
  Reference for: Syngnathus fistulatus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Syngnathus fistulatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: pivothead pipefish[English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status uncertain; Eschmeyer (online Catalog of Fishes, 2013) places Syngnathus fistulatus Peters, 1868 in the subfamily Syngnathinae, but does not comment further on the status of this species  
 

 

    


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