Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Syngnathiformes

Current position

Syngnatha (Infraorder) Pietsch, 1978

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 312. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Syngnathiiformes (Order) Bailly, Eschmeyer, Froese, Quéro, van der Land, Costello, Zavodnik, Serrão Santos & Mora Porteiro, 2001, orth. inval.	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
Syngnathoidea (Superfamily) Pietsch, 1978	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 407.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 76; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Historical positions

Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 76.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 23.
Syngnathoidea (Superfamily) Pietsch, 1978	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 407-408.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Syngnathoidea (Superfamily) Pietsch, 1978	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 312-313.
Syngnathiiformes (Order) Bailly, Eschmeyer, Froese, Quéro, van der Land, Costello, Zavodnik, Serrão Santos & Mora Porteiro, 2001, orth. inval.	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: 1998
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2472.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 905.
Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	58g;281s;14ss; †2g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 Jul 2025	[58g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33	56g;340s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 905	40?g;175?s