Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 416. [assumed]

Original entries

Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus aequoreus Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus barbarus Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus ophidion Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Syngnathinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; ECoF(11 Jun 2025).

Alternative positions

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 336. [new taxon]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 416. [new position]
Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.

Historical positions

Syngnathinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313.
Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 905.
Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
Lophobranchi (Order) Cuvier	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 416. [new position]
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 336. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	32s; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[32s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[32s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7s]