Syngnathus
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| Syngnathus Temporal range: Oligocene to Recent | |
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| Syngnathus acus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Syngnathus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus acus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Syngnathus is a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae found in marine, brackish and sometimes fresh waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2][3] Fossils of these species are found from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene. They are known from various localities of Greece, Italy, Germany and United States.[4] The name comes from Ancient Greek σύν (sún), meaning "together", and γνάθος (gnáthos), meaning "jaw",[5] referring to the fused jaw that the species (and the entire family) have in common.